Vocabulary : Myrmidonian to Myrrhic

Myrmidonian : Consisting of, or like, myrmidons.
Myrmotherine : Feeding upon ants; -- said of certain birds.
Myrobalan : Alt. of Myrobolan
Myrobolan : A dried astringent fruit much resembling a prune. It contains tannin, and was formerly used in medicine, but is now chiefly used in tanning and dyeing. Myrobolans are produced by various species of Terminalia of the East Indies, and of Spondias of South America.
Myronic : Pertaining to, or obtained from, mustard; -- used specifically to designate a glucoside called myronic acid, found in mustard seed.

Myropolist : One who sells unguents or perfumery.
Myrosin : A ferment, resembling diastase, found in mustard seeds.
Myroxylon : A genus of leguminous trees of tropical America, the different species of which yield balsamic products, among which are balsam of Peru, and balsam of Tolu. The species were formerly referred to Myrospermum.
Myrrh : A gum resin, usually of a yellowish brown or amber color, of an aromatic odor, and a bitter, slightly pungent taste. It is valued for its odor and for its medicinal properties. It exudes from the bark of a shrub of Abyssinia and Arabia, the Balsamodendron Myrrha. The myrrh of the Bible is supposed to have been partly the gum above named, and partly the exudation of species of Cistus, or rockrose.
Myrrhic : Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, myrrh.

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