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bdellion

bdellion is the alternative form of bdellium.

Meaning of bdellium

Noun

bdellium (countable and uncountable, plural bdelliums)

  1. An aromatic gum-like balsam extracted from one of several species of tree in the genus Commiphora.
    • And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 2:10–12

Questions about bdellion

What is bdellion the alternative form of?
Bdellion is the alternative form of bdellium.

Words near bdellion in the dictionary

  1. bdellatomy
  2. bdellid
  3. bdellids
  4. bdellin
  5. bdellins
  6. bdellion
  7. bdellium
  8. bdelliums
  9. bdelloid
  10. bdelloid rotifer
  11. bdelloid rotifers

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