murra

murra
/merr"euh/, n.
a mineral or stone used in ancient Rome for making fine vases, cups, etc.: believed to have been fluorite.
Also, murrha.
[1590-1600; < L murr(h)a, appar. back formation from murrinus MURRHINE]

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