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Amharic :: Amharic (n.) The Amharic language (now the chief language of Abyssinia).

Myrrh :: Myrrh (n.) 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..

Abyssal :: Abyssal (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, an abyss; unfathomable..

Pit :: Pit (n.) Any abyss; especially, the grave, or hades..

Abyss :: Abyss (n.) A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable, and, specifically, hell, or the bottomless pit..

Byssuses :: Byssuses (pl. ) of Byssu.

Kousso :: Kousso (n.) An Abyssinian rosaceous tree (Brayera anthelmintica), the flowers of which are used as a vermifuge..

Abyme :: Abyme (n.) A abyss.

Deep :: Deep (n.) That which is profound, not easily fathomed, or incomprehensible; a moral or spiritual depth or abyss..

Beden :: Beden (n.) The Abyssinian or Arabian ibex (Capra Nubiana). It is probably the wild goat of the Bible.

Byssi :: Byssi (pl. ) of Byssu.

Heteromyaria :: Heteromyaria (n. pl.) A division of bivalve shells, including the marine mussels, in which the two adductor muscles are very unequal. See Dreissena, and Illust. under Byssus..

Zimb :: Zimb (n.) A large, venomous, two-winged fly, native of Abyssinia. It is allied to the tsetse fly, and, like the latter, is destructive to cattle..

Musa :: Musa (n.) A genus of perennial, herbaceous, endogenous plants of great size, including the banana (Musa sapientum), the plantain (M. paradisiaca of Linnaeus, but probably not a distinct species), the Abyssinian (M. Ensete), the Philippine Island (M. textilis, which yields Manila hemp), and about eighteen other species. See Illust. of Banana and Plantain..

Abyss :: Abyss (n.) Infinite time; a vast intellectual or moral depth.

Mocha :: Mocha (n.) An Abyssinian weight, equivalent to a Troy grain..

Mytilus :: Mytilus (n.) A genus of marine bivalve shells, including the common mussel. See Illust. under Byssus..

Byssus :: Byssus (n.) Asbestus.

Coffee :: Coffee (n.) The beans or berries (pyrenes) obtained from the drupes of a small evergreen tree of the genus Coffea, growing in Abyssinia, Arabia, Persia, and other warm regions of Asia and Africa, and also in tropical America..

Amharic :: Amharic (a.) Of or pertaining to Amhara, a division of Abyssinia; as, the Amharic language is closely allied to the Ethiopic..

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