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Meaning of OPOBALSAM

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Op`o*bal"sam\, Opobalsamum \Op`o*bal"sa*mum\, n. [L.
opobalsamum, Gr. ?; ? vegetable juice + ? balsam.] (Med.)
The old name of the aromatic resinous juice of the
{Balsamodendron opobalsamum}, now commonly called {balm of
Gilead}. See under {Balm}.
 
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