aspalathus

noun — 2 senses

noun

Etymology From Latin aspalathus, from Ancient Greek ἀσπάλαθος (aspálathos).

Any of the genus Aspalathus of flowering plants.

Obsolete A thorny shrub yielding a fragrant oil.

I gave a sweet smell like cinnamon and aspalathus, and I yielded a pleasant odour like the best myrrh, as galbanum, and onyx, and sweet storax […]1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ecclesiastes 24:15:

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