onycha
onycha noun: the operculum of kinds of strombus or muricid, smoked as an ingredient in the Mosaic incense and pre-modern medicine.
Noun
onycha (uncountable)
- the operculum of kinds of strombus or muricid, smoked as an ingredient in the Mosaic incense and pre-modern medicine
- And our Lord ſaid to Moyſes: Take vnto thee ſpices, ſtactee, and onycha, galbanum of ſwete ſauour, and the cleareſt frankincenſe, al shal be of equal weight:1609, The Holie Bible, […] (Douay–Rheims Bible), Doway: Laurence Kellam, […], →OCLC, Exodus 30:34, page 241
- The precious stone onyx.
onycha meaning in Arabic
onycha in Arabic
- the operculum of certain gastropods used formerly as a drug
- ظُفْر الطِيب ẓufr aṭ-ṭīb
Origin of onycha
Borrowed from Latin onycha.
Questions about onycha
- What does onycha mean?
- Onycha means the operculum of kinds of strombus or muricid, smoked as an ingredient in the Mosaic incense and pre-modern medicine.
- What is onycha in Arabic?
- Onycha in Arabic is ظُفْر الطِيب (ẓufr aṭ-ṭīb). See Onycha meaning in Arabic.
- What part of speech is onycha?
- Onycha is a noun.
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