Thyine wood \Thy"ine wood`\ [Gr. ? ?, fr. ?, adj., pertaining to
the tree ? or ?, an African tree with sweet-smelling wood.]
(Bot.)
The fragrant and beautiful wood of a North African tree
({Callitris quadrivalvis}), formerly called {Thuja
articulata}. The tree is of the Cedar family, and furnishes a
balsamic resin called sandarach. --Rev. xviii. 12.