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Almug \Al"mug\, Algum \Al"gum\, n. [Heb., perh. borrowed fr.
Skr. valguka sandalwood.] (Script.)
A tree or wood of the Bible (2 Chron. ii. 8; 1 K. x. 11).
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Note: Most writers at the present day follow Celsius, who
takes it to be the red sandalwood of China and the
Indian Archipelago. --W. Smith.
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Algum \Al"gum\, n.
Same as {Almug} (and etymologically preferable). --2 Chron.
ii. 8.
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