in the materia medica, the fruit of the tree which yields the true oriental balsam.

The caprobalsam is used in Egypt, according to Prosper Alpinus, in all the intentions for which the balsam itself is applied: But the only use the Europeans make of it is in venice-treacle and mithridate, and in these not a great deal; for cubeb and juniperberries are generally substituted in its place.