资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Sebesten \Se*bes"ten\, n. [Ar. sebest[=a]n the tree: cf. Sp.
   sebesten.] (Bot.)
   The mucilaginous drupaceous fruit of two East Indian trees
   ({Cordia Myxa}, and {C. latifolia}), sometimes used
   medicinally in pectoral diseases.

   Note: In the West Indies the name is given to the similar
         fruit of {Cordia Sebestana}.