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Definition of Sebesten

Sebesten
Sebesten Se*bes"ten, n. [Ar. sebest[=a]n the tree: cf. Sp. sebesten.] (Bot.) The mucilaginous drupaceous fruit of two East Indian trees (Cordia Myxa, and C. latifolia), sometimes used medicinally in pectoral diseases. Note: In the West Indies the name is given to the similar fruit of Cordia Sebestana.

Meaning of Sebesten from wikipedia

- Cordia myxa, the ****yrian plum, is a mid-sized, deciduous tree in the borage family (Boraginaceae), native to Asia. It produces small, edible fruit and...
- = دهن الياسمين (zanbaq in Lisan al-Arab);; sebesten(other), sebesten(Devic), sebesten(Alphita) (sebesten in late medieval Latin referred to Cordia myxa...
- known by a wide variety of names including clammy cherries, glue berries, sebesten, or snotty gobbles. In India, the fruits of local species are used as a...
- pre-modern medicine, diasebesten (from Gr**** dia "[made] with" + modern Latin sebesten, Arab. sabastān, from Persian sepestān, possibly from Persian sag-pestān...
- ****stan)". sarasa: Homo****ual or effeminate man. From "Zaraza". sarraceno sebestén secácul serafín siroco sofí sófora soldán soltaní sufí sura tabal (or atabal)...
- from Persian شمشیر shamshir. a type of blade. Sebesten Etymology: Middle English, Medieval Latin sebestēn, from Arabic سيبيستين sibistn, from Persian سگپیستان...
- describes this practice. Birdlime from Damascus was supposed to be made of sebestens, their kernels being frequently found in it; this version was not able...
- Mary donated the estate of Miklós Vas, who died without a successor, to Sebestén Csaholyi from the Csaholyi family. In 1446 the Stritey family was the landlord...