myrrh

Japanese: myrrh
myrrh

…Buderia from India has long been known as a type of false myrrh. The foreign herbal name is myrrha, or myrrh, and there is a legend that it is named after Myrrha, the daughter of Cyprus' King Cynyras, who was transformed into a tree for the sin of her wicked love for her father. “Myrrh” is the Chinese name for a Chinese herbal medicine. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "myrrh" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…偽没薬としてはインド産のブデリアムが古くから知られた。外国の生薬名はミルラmyrrha,myrrhで,これについては,キプロス王キニュラスの娘で父親に対する邪恋の罪で木に姿をかえられたミュラMyrrhaにちなむという言い伝えがある。〈没薬〉は中国で名づけられた漢薬名。…

※「myrrh」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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