Myrrh Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Ancient myrrh== [[Pedanius Dioscorides]] described the myrrh of the first century AD as most likely to refer to a "species of [[mimosa]]", describing it "like the [[Ancient Egypt|Egyptian]] [[Acacia nilotica|thorn]]". He describes its appearance and leaf structure as "spinnate-winged".<ref>{{cite book |title=The visitor or monthly instructor |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2B1IAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA35 |access-date=9 May 2013 |year=1837 |publisher=Religious Tract Society |pages=35β }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page