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 Cam·phire n. An old spelling of Camphor.
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 Camphire
    (Heb. copher), mentioned in Cant. 1:14 (R.V., "henna-flowers");
    4:13 (R.V., "henna"), is the al-henna of the Arabs, a native of
    Egypt, producing clusters of small white and yellow odoriferous
    flowers, whence is made the Oleum Cyprineum. From its leaves is
    made the peculiar auburn dye with which Eastern women stain
    their nails and the palms of their hands. It is found only at
    Engedi, on the shore of the Dead Sea. It is known to botanists
    by the name Lawsonia alba or inermis, a kind of privet, which
    grows 6 or 8 feet high. The margin of the Authorized Version of
    the passages above referred to has "or cypress," not with
    reference to the conifer so called, but to the circumstance that
    one of the most highly appreciated species of this plant grew in
    the island of Cyprus.