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Algum

Algum

a tree or wood of the bible (2 Chron. Ii. 8; 1 k. X. 11).

most writers at the present day follow celsius, who takes it to be the red sandalwood of china and the indian Archipelago.

Origin: Heb, perh. Borrowed fr. Skr. Valguka sandalwood.


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