sebesten noun. [sɪ'bɛstǝn] LME.
[medieval Latin from Arab. sabastān from Persian sapistān, sag-pistān, from sag dog + pistān breast, nipple.]
The plumlike fruit of either of two shrubs or small trees of the borage family, Cordia myxa, of southern Asia, and C. sebestena, of the Caribbean region (also called geiger tree); a preparation of this, used to treat coughs etc. Also, either of these shrubs or trees.

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