almug
[al-muh g, awl-]
- a tree, possibly the red sandalwood. I Kings 10:12.
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Origin of almug
1605–15; cf. algum
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And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees and precious stones.
The Bible StoryRev. Newton Marshall Hall
No Jewish lexicon tells us of almug or algum trees; no Hebrew writer undertakes to describe them.
Prehistoric Structures of Central AmericaMartin Ingham Townsend
She has not come to prove him with hard questions, but to repose under his almug trees.
A Dream of EmpireWilliam Henry Venable