Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
aromatic gum resin;
similar to myrrh;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
bdellium \bdel"lium\, n. [L., fr. Gr. bde`llion; cf. Heb.
b'dolakh bdellium (in sense 1).]
1. An unidentified substance mentioned in the Bible (--Gen.
ii. 12, and --Num. xi. 7), variously taken to be a gum, a
precious stone, or pearls, or perhaps a kind of amber
found in Arabia.
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2. A gum resin of reddish brown color, brought from India,
Persia, and Africa.
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Note: Indian bdellium or false myrrh is an exudation from
Balsamodendron Roxburghii. Other kinds are known as
African bdellium, Sicilian bdellium, etc.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
bdellium
n 1: aromatic gum resin; similar to myrrh
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary:
Bdellium
occurs only in Gen. 2:12, where it designates a product of the
land of Havilah; and in Num. 11:7, where the manna is likened to
it in colour. It was probably an aromatic gum like balsam which
exuded from a particular tree (Borassus flabelliformis) still
found in Arabia, Media, and India. It bears a resemblance in
colour to myrrh. Others think the word denotes "pearls," or some
precious stone.