Algum

Al"gum (?), n. Same as Almug (and etymologically preferable). 2 Chron. ii. 8.

{ Al"mug (?), Al"gum (?), } n. [Heb., perh. borrowed fr. Skr. valguka sandalwood.] (Script.) A tree or wood of the Bible (2 Chron. ii. 8; 1 K. x. 11).

☞ Most writers at the present day follow Celsius, who takes it to be the red sandalwood of China and the Indian Archipelago. W. Smith.