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