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galbanum
galbănum, i, n. [χαλβάνη], the resinous sap of an umbelliferous plant in Syria (the Bubon galbanum,...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
one of the perfumes employed in the preparation of the sacred incense. (Exodus 10:34) The galbanum of commerce is brought chiefly from India and the Levant. It is a resinous gum of a brownish-yellow color and strong disagreeable smell, usually met with in masses, but sometimes found in yellowish tear-like drops. But, though galbanum itself is well known, the plant which yields it has not been exactly determined.
galbănum, i, n. [χαλβάνη], the resinous sap of an umbelliferous plant in Syria (the Bubon galbanum,...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.