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Meaning of yellow basilicon in English:

yellow basilicon

(also yellow basilicum)

noun

historical, rare

  • (More fully "yellow basilicon ointment") any of various ointments typically containing wax and resin, used to promote suppuration and the healing of wounds.

Origin

Mid 18th century; earliest use found in Henry Pemberton (1694–1771), physician and mathematician.