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  • noun (Bot.) An oil pressed by the Arabs from the fruit of a small thorny tree (Balanites Ægyptiaca), and sold to piligrims for a healing ointment.

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  • noun An oil pressed by the Arabs from the fruit of a small thorny tree (Balanites aegyptiaca), and sold to pilgrims for a healing ointment.

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