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ALGUM, or ALMUG TREE

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 656 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ALGUM, or ALMUG See also:TREE . The See also:Hebrew words Algummim or Almuggim are translated Algum or Almug trees in the authorized version of the See also:Bible (see 1 See also:Kings x. 11, 12; 2 Chron. ii. 8, and ix. to, 11); amug is an erroneous See also:form (see Max See also:Muller, See also:Science of See also:Language, vol. i.). The See also:wood of the tree was very See also:precious, and was brought from See also:Ophir (probably some See also:part of See also:India), along with See also:gold and precious stones, by Hiram, and was used in the formation of pillars for the See also:temple at See also:Jerusalem, and for the See also:king's See also:house; also for the See also:inlaying of stairs, as well as for harps and psalteries. It is probably the red See also:sanders or red 1 Comptes Rendus, t. cxx. p. 125. 2 Astr. Jour. No. 318.See also:sandal-wood of India (Ptervcarpussantalinus). This tree belongs to. the natural See also:order See also:Leguminosae, sub-order Papilionaceae.

The wood is hard, heavy, See also:

close-grained and of a See also:fine red See also:colour. It is different from the See also:white fragrant sandal-wood, which is the produce of Santalum See also:album, a tree belonging to a distinct natural order Santalaceae.

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