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sebesten
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sebesten, n. [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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