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The daughter of Cinyras, king of Cyprus, who tricks her father into having sexual intercourse with her and escapes the king's wrath by being transformed into a myrrh tree, later giving birth to Adonis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Greek
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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noun
myrrh
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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History
From Latin Myrrha, from Ancient Greek Μύρρα (Múrrha).
