Hypertext Webster Gateway: "galbanum"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Galbanum
Heb. helbenah, (Ex. 30:34), one of the ingredients in the holy
incense. It is a gum, probably from the Galbanum officinale.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Galban \Gal"ban\, Galbanum \Gal"ba*num\, n. [L. galbanum, Gr. ?,
prob. from Heb. klekb'n?h: 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
galbanum
n : a bitter aromatic gum resin that resembles asafetida [syn: {gum
albanum}]
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