a name which naturalists give to the wood of the tree which yields that precious gum known to the Latins by the name of opobalsamum, and to us by the balm of Gilead. See BALSAM.

We have branches of this tree brought us from Cairo: they are very frail, brittle, unequal, and full of knots; their bark reddish without, and greenish within. The xylo-balsamum is reputed good to strengthen the brain and stomach, and to expel poison.