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galbanum

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Noun
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gal=ba=num

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun galbanum has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

galbanumn. [L. galbanum, Gr. , prob. from Heb. klekb'nh: cf. F. galbanum.].
     A gum resin exuding from the stems of certain Asiatic umbelliferous plants, mostly species of Ferula. The Bubon Galbanum of South Africa furnishes an inferior kind of galbanum. It has an acrid, bitter taste, a strong, unpleasant smell, and is used for medical purposes, also in the arts, as in the manufacture of varnish.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

galbanum, n. a bitter aromatic gum resin produced from kinds of ferula.

Etymology
ME f. L f. Gk khalbane, prob. of Semitic orig.
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