• (n.) An oil pressed by the Arabs from the fruit of a small thorny tree (Balanites Aegyptiaca), and sold to piligrims for a healing ointment.
Za·chun' noun (Botany) An oil pressed by the Arabs from the fruit of a small thorny tree ( Balanites Ægyptiaca ), and sold to piligrims for a healing ointment. J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).