maldacon

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

maldăcon, i, n.,

the gum of the tree called bdellium: vicina est Bactriana, in qua bdellium nom inatissimum. Arbor nigra est ... gummi alii brochon appellant, alii malacham, alii maldacon, Plin. 12, 9, 19, § 35.