Sagapenum

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sagapenum \Sag`a*pe"num\, n. [L. sagapenon, sacopenium, Gr. ?:
     cf. F. sagapin, gomme sagapin, sagap['e]num, Ar.
     sikb[imac]naj, Per. sakb[imac]nah, sikb[imac]nah.] (Med.)
     A fetid gum resin obtained from a species of {Ferula}. It has
     been used in hysteria, etc., but is now seldom met with. See
     also {asafetida}. --U. S. Disp.


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