Usually means: Resinous substance with healing properties.
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  1. balm of Gilead: Merriam-Webster
  2. balm of Gilead: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. balm of Gilead: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. balm of Gilead: Collins English Dictionary
  5. balm of gilead, balm of Gilead: Vocabulary.com
  6. balm of Gilead: Wordnik
  7. balm of Gilead: Wiktionary
  8. balm of Gilead: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. balm-of-Gilead: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Gilead, Balm of, balm-of-gilead, balm of gilead, balm of Gilead: Dictionary.com
  11. Balm of Gilead (disambiguation), Balm of Gilead, Balm of gilead: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. balm of gilead: Rhymezone
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  14. balm of gilead: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. balm of Gilead: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. balm of Gilead: Merriam-Webster

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  1. balm of Gilead: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. balm of Gilead: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Gilead, Balm of: Easton Bible

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. A Modern Herbal, 1931, by Mrs. M. Grieve (No longer online)

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  1. balm of Gilead: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Definitions from Wiktionary (balm of Gilead)

noun:  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.
noun:  (figurative) A remedy believed to cure all disease; panacea.
noun:  Any plant of species Cedronella canariensis, family Lamiaceae, native to Macaronesia.

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