balm of Gilead
noun
Graduate
1
A rare perfume produced in Gilead and used medicinally, mentioned in the Bible. It is sometimes thought to have come from the plant Commiphora gileadensis, and sometimes from a terebinth tree in the genus Pistacia.
2
A remedy believed to cure all disease; panacea.
3
Any plant of species Cedronella canariensis, family Lamiaceae, native to Macaronesia.