Ăg'al-loch or A-găl'lo-chăm, n.

n. [N. Lat. agallochum, Gr. ἀγάλ-λοχον, Diosc., Heb. ahālīm, ahālōth, Skr. agaru, aguru; Skr. a priv. and guru, heavy.] A soft, resinous wood (Exceccaria agallocha), of a highly aromatic smell, brought from the East Indies, and burnt as a perfume, &c. It has sometimes been called aloes-wood, but it has no connection with the common aloe. Dunglison.