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almug

American  
[al-muhg, awl-] / ˈæl məg, ˈɔl- /

noun

  1. a tree mentioned in the Bible, possibly the red sandalwood.


Etymology

Origin of almug

First recorded in 1605–15; cf. algum

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She has not come to prove him with hard questions, but to repose under his almug trees.

From A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett by William Henry Venable

Not so the algum-tree, at least if interpreters are right in taking algum or almug for sandalwood.

From Lectures on The Science of Language by Max Müller

No Jewish lexicon tells us of almug or algum trees; no Hebrew writer undertakes to describe them.

From Prehistoric Structures of Central America Who Erected Them? by Martin I. (Martin Ingham) Townsend

The walls of these chambers were of cedar, the roof of the noble almug wood, and the floor of poplar boards.

From The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love by Emanuel Swedenborg

And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees and precious stones.

From The Bible Story by Newton Marshall Hall

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