Definition for BA-SIL'I-CON

BA-SIL'I-CON, n. [s as z. Gr. βασιλικος, royal.]

An ointment. This name is given to several compositions in ancient medical writers. At present it is confined to three officinal ointments, distinguished into black, yellow and green basilicon. – Encyc.

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