Săg'a-pĕn or Săg'a-pē'num, n.

Săg'a-pē'num, n. [Lat. sagapenum, sacopenium, Gr. σαγάπηνον, Fr. sagapin, gomme sagapin, Ar. sikbînadj, Per. sakbînah, sikbînah.] (Med.) A gum resin supposed to be obtained from Fecula Persica, and found in small agglutinated masses of a yellow color. It is occasionally used as a nervine and stimulating expectorant. Its odor is fetid and alliaceous, its taste pungent, bitterish, and nauseous. Dunglison. Brande.