aspalathus

noun2

1. •
   Any member of the genus Aspalathus of flowering plants.
2. •
   (no longer used) A thorny shrub yielding a fragrant oil.

   • I gave a sweet smell like cinnamon and aspalathus, and I yielded a pleasant odour like the best myrrh, as galbanum, and onyx, and sweet storax […] — 1611