[Heb. almūg, for algūm: see ALGUM.] A variant of ALGUM (probably only an erroneous spelling of the word in Heb., but more used by Eng. writers).
1611. Bible, 1 Kings x. 11. The navie also of Hiram … brought in from Ophir, great plentie of Almug trees.
1614. Raleigh, Hist. World, II. 423. The Almaggin trees brought from Ophir.
1671. Phil. Trans., VI. 3074. He shews out of Josephus … what is meant by the Almyggim Wood … namely, the Indian Pine.
1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp., s.v., Critics have long disputed about the nature and kind of the almug-tree.
1867. J. Ingelow, Stor. Doom, II. 94. He sat below an almug tree.
