English Explanatory Dictionary

macir

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A spicy red bark from India, imported to the Roman Empire in the first century CE, possibly the fragrant resin of Ailanthus triphysa

Word forms

macir

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin macir; doublet of mace.

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