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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.