Ăl'mug or Ăl'gum, n.

n. [Heb. almuqim, algâmîm, Ar. al-baggam, Brazil-wood.] (Script.) A tree or wood about which the learned are not agreed. Most writers at the present day follow Celsius, who takes it to be the red sandal-wood of China and the Indian archipelago. Wm. Smith.