myrrh

thumb|right|alt=Small lumps of myrrh resin|Myrrh resin

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The provided information does not contain specific details regarding the definition, physical attributes, or historical uses of myrrh. The subject is associated with a Commons category titled "Myrrh" and appears in 980 PubMed records. It is referenced by 603 other encyclopedia articles.

External sources include a Treccani encyclopedia entry and an article from Editoriale Domani. The latter, titled "Nella mirra portata dai Magi si incontrano amore e morte," discusses the myrrh brought by the Magi. No further descriptive facts about the substance itself are available in the given data.

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Nella mirra portata dai Magi si incontrano amore e morte

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Extraction and production
Etymology
Attributed medicinal properties
Religious ritual
In Ancient Egypt and Punt (Horn of Africa)
In the Hebrew Bible
In ancient Nabataea
In the New Testament
In contemporary Christianity
In Islam
Ancient myrrh
Other products that can be confused with myrrh
See also
References
Further reading
External links

thumb|right|alt=Small lumps of myrrh resin|Myrrh resin

Myrrh (; from an unidentified ancient Semitic language, مر; from Arabic, מוֹר /mor/; from Hebrew, see § Etymology) is a gum-resin extracted from a few small, thorny tree species of the Commiphora genus, belonging to the Burseraceae family.

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