The Definition of the word Camphire

Camphire

(Heb. copher), mentioned in Cant. 1:14 (R.V., henna-flowers");" "4:13 (R.V., "henna"), is the al-henna of the Arabs, a native of" "Egypt, producing clusters of small white and yellow odoriferous" "flowers, whence is made the Oleum Cyprineum. From its leaves is" made the peculiar auburn dye with which Eastern women stain their nails and the palms of their hands. It is found only at "Engedi, on the shore of the Dead Sea. It is known to botanists" "by the name Lawsonia alba or inermis, a kind of privet, which" grows 6 or 8 feet high. The margin of the Authorized Version of "the passages above referred to has "or cypress," not with" "reference to the conifer so called, but to the circumstance that" one of the most highly appreciated species of this plant grew in the island of Cyprus.