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lignum rhodium
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lignum rhodium, [NL., fr. L. lignum wood + Gr. "ro`don a rose.].
The fragrant wood of several shrubs and trees, especially of species of Rhodorhiza from the Canary Islands, and of the West Indian Amyris balsamifera . [1913 Webster]
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