myrrh

mirha A red-brown resinous material, the dried sap of a tree of the species Commiphora myrrha.
1916, (w), (w) (Macmillan Press Ltd, paperback, p. 98)

The glories of Mary held his soul captive: spikenard and myrrh and frankincense, symbolising the preciousness of God's gifts to her soul, rich garments, symbolising her royal lineage, her emblems, the lateflowering plant and lateblossoming tree, symbolising the agelong gradual growth of her cultus among men.