(balsam). The Balm of Gilead, or Mecca balsam, exudes an agreeable balsamic resin, highly prized in the East as an unguent and cosmetic, as the crushed leaves were for their odor ({vi 1109;1302}Gen. 37:25; 43:11; {vi 19176;20057}Jer. 8:22; 46:11; Ezek. 27:17).