sebestenn.
/sɪˈbɛstən/ Botany.
The plum-like fruit of a tree of the genus Cordia (formerly Sebestena); a preparation of this used as a medicine. Also the tree itself. Also attributive.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > medicinal trees or shrubs > [noun] > non-British medicinal trees or shrubs > sebesten tree or fruit
sebesten1543
myxa1859
c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 74 Take a potel of water & of barly clensid .iiij.℥., juiube, sebesten ana. g.ss. [etc.].
1543 B. Traheron Interpr. Straunge Wordes in tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. sig. &&.viv/1 Sebesten..bene frutes lyke prunes [etc.]
?1550 H. Llwyd tr. Pope John XXI Treasury of Healthe (c1560) R v b Reasons, myrabolans, Sebesten sede.
?1550 H. Llwyd tr. Pope John XXI Treasury of Healthe (c1560) Y iv Take of violettes, sebesten, of Borage floures [etc.].
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xvii. x. 511 The fruit Sebesten [L. myxas, Fr. sebesten] and the Servises may be graffed and planted both upon the same kind of stocke.
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 294 Pears, Prunellaes, Sebastans.
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Syrup for Asthmas Having boiled all for half an Hour more, put in the stoned Dates chopt with the Jujubes, Sebests and Raisins of the Sun.
1738 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 2) at Sebesten The Syrians make a kind of glue or birdlime, of the sebestens, called birdlime of Alexandria.
1828 Lancet 14 June 326/1 In diseases affecting the mucous membranes..cardamom, licorice, and sebestin (fruits of cordia myxa) are used.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Sebestans, or Sebestens, the name under which the dried fruits of Cordia Myxa and C. latifolia have long been used as a medicine in India.
Compounds
sebesten plum n. Cordia Myxa and C. latifolia, family Boraginaceæ
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1858 W. Baird Cycl. Nat. Sci. at Cordiaceæ Cordia Myxa..is known as the Sebesten plum, and used formerly to be employed in disorders of the chest and urinary organs.
1866 W. T. Brande & G. W. Cox Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art (new ed.) II. 937/2 Sebesten-plum is the fruit of Cordia.
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