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Aspalathus
ASPALATHUS ăs păl’ ə thəs (ἀσπάλαθος). An aromatic plant associated with cinnamon in
Bibliography
W. Walker, All the Plants of the Bible (1957), 24.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)
An aromatic plant mentioned in Ecclesiasticus 24:15 the King James Version, where "wisdom" says, "I gave a sweet smell like cinnamon and aspalathus," etc. It would appear, from a reference in Pliny, to have been a prickly shrub, the wood of which was scented, but nothing certain is known about it.