ELEMI  , an oleo-See also:

• RESIN (through O.Fr. resine, modern reline, from Lat. resina, prcbably Latinized from Greek Pirivrt, resin)

resin (Manilla elemi) obtained in the Philippine Islands, probably from Canarium See also:

• COMMUNE (Med. Lat. communia, Lat. communis, common)
• COMMUNE, MEDIEVAL

commune (nat. ord . Burseraceae), which when fresh and of See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good quality is a See also:

• PALE (through Fr. pal, from Lat. palms, a stake, for paglus, from the stem pag- of pangere, to fix; " pole " is from the same original source)

pale yellow granular substance, of See also:

• HONEY (Chin. me ; Sansk. madhu, mead, honey; cf. A.S. medo, medu, mead; Gr. p Xt, in which 0 or b is changed into X; Lat. mel ; Fr. miel ; A.S. hung ; Ger. Honig)

honey-like consistency, but which gradually hardens with See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age . It is soluble in See also:

• ALCOHOL

alcohol and See also:

• ETHER, (C2H5)2O

ether, and has a spicy See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste with a See also:

• SMELL (connected etymologically with " smoulder " and " smoke ")

smell like See also:

• FENNEL

fennel . In the 17th and 18th centuries the See also:

• TERM

term elemi usually denoted an oleo-resin (See also:

• AMERICAN

American or Brazilian elemi) obtained from trees of the genus Icica in See also:

• BRAZIL
• BRAZIL, or BRASIL

Brazil, and still earlier it meant See also:

• ORIENTAL

oriental or See also:

• AFRICAN

African elemi, derived from Boswellia Frereana, which flourishes in the neighbourhood of Cape Gardafui . The word, like the older term animi, appears to have been derived from enhaemon(Gr . Evaeµov), the name of a styptic See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine said by See also:

• PLINY, THE ELDER
• PLINY, THE YOUNGER

Pliny to contain tears exuded by the See also:

• OLIVE (Olea europaea)

olive See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree of See also:

• ARABIA

Arabia' .