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The Definition of the word Spicery

Spicery

Heb. nechoth, identified with the Arabic naka'at, the gum "tragacanth, obtained from the astralagus, of which there are" about twenty species found in Palestine. The tragacanth of "commerce is obtained from the A. tragacantha. "The gum exudes" "plentifully under the heat of the sun on the leaves, thorns, and" "exteremity of the twigs."


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