I. Lit., an Indian or Syrian plant, from which a costly oint ment was prepared, perh. betel or base cin namon, Plin. 12, 26, 59, § 129; Sid. Carm. 2, 415.—
II. Transf., the oil procured from this plant, malobathrum: “coronatus nitentes Malobathro Syrio capillos,” Hor. C. 2, 7, 7; “also used in medicine,” Cels. 5, 23; Plin. 23, 4, 48, § 93.