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malobathron

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mālŏbăthron | mālŏbăthrum (noun N) = μαλόβαθρον: (), , , = .
* Lit., an Indian or Syrian plant, from which a costly oint ment was prepared, perh. betel or base cin namon, Plin. 12, 26, 59, § 129; Sid. Carm. 2, 415.
* Transf., the oil procured from this plant, malobathrum: coronatus nitentes Malobathro Syrio capillos,Hor. C. 2, 7, 7; also used in medicine,Cels. 5, 23; Plin. 23, 4, 48, § 93.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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