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(sē̍-bĕs′tĕn)

Noun.

[Ar.

sebestān

the tree: cf. Sp.

sebesten

(Bot.)

The mucilaginous drupaceous fruit of two East Indian trees (

Cordia Myxa

, and

Cordia latifolia

), sometimes used medicinally in pectoral diseases.

☞ In the West Indies the name is given to the similar fruit of

Cordia Sebestana

Noun.

The Assyrian plum, a plant of the genus Cordia, a species of jujube.

sebesten ‎(plural sebestens)

The mucilaginous drupaceous fruit of two East Indian trees (Cordia myxa and Cordia latifolia), sometimes used medicinally in pectoral diseases.
(West Indies) The similar fruit of Cordia sebestana.