agalloch

noun

agal·​loch

ə-ˈga-lək,

ˈa-gə-ˌläk

variants or less commonly agallochum

ə-ˈga-lə-kəm

plural -s

: agarwood

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Greek agálachon, agállochon (Dioscorides), borrowed by uncertain mediation from an Indo-Aryan source akin to Sanskrit aguruḥ, agaruḥ, probably borrowed from a Dravidian source (whence Tamil & Malayalam akil, name for Aquilaria malaccensis)

First Known Use

1543, in the meaning defined above

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