the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A tree or wood of the Bible (2 Chron. ii. 8; 1 K. x. 11).
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The wood of a tree brought from Ophir by the ships of Hiram and servants of Solomon, wrought into the ornaments and musical instruments of the temple, esteemed for its beauty of grain or for its agreeable odor; probably a sandal-wood of India.
Word Usage
"And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day."