Se*bes"ten (?), n. [Ar.
sebestān the tree: cf. Sp. sebesten.]
(Bot.) The mucilaginous drupaceous fruit of two East
Indian trees (Cordia Myxa, and C. latifolia), sometimes
used medicinally in pectoral diseases.
☞ In the West Indies the name is given to the similar fruit of
Cordia Sebestana.