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CIDE DICTIONARY

sebesten

CIDE DICTIONARY

sebestenn. [Ar. sebestān the tree: cf. Sp. sebesten.].
     The mucilaginous drupaceous fruit of two East Indian trees (Cordia Myxa, and Cordia latifolia), sometimes used medicinally in pectoral diseases.  [1913 Webster]
    " In the West Indies the name is given to the similar fruit of Cordia Sebestana."  [1913 Webster]

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