Webster's 1828 Dictionary
SAGAPEN, SAGAPENUM
n.In pharmacy, a gum-resin, brought from Persia and the East in granules or in masses. It is a compact substance, heavy, of a reddish color, with small whitish or yellowish specks. It is an attenuant, sperient and discutient.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
SAGAPEN
SAGAPEN Sag "a *pen, n.
Defn: Sagapenum.
SAGAPENUM
Sag `a *pe "num, n. Etym: [L. sagapenon, sacopenium, Gr. sagapin, gomme sagapin, sagapénum, Ar. sikbinaj, Per. sakbinah, sikbinah.] (Med. )
Defn: A fetid gum resin obtained from a species of Ferula. It has been used in hysteria, etc. , but is now seldom met with. U. S. Disp.
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