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Aspalathus

Aspalathus as-pal'-a-thus (aspalathos): An aromatic plant mentioned in Eccl 24:15 the King James Version, where "wisdom" says, "I gave a sweet smell like cinnamon and aspalathus," etc. It would appear, from a...

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Aspalathus as-pal'-a-thus (aspalathos): An aromatic plant mentioned in Eccl 24:15 the King James Version, where "wisdom" says, "I gave a sweet smell like cinnamon and aspalathus," etc. It would appear, from a reference in Pliny, to have been a prickly shrub, the wood of which was scented, but nothing certain is known about it.

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