Galbanum

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  galbanum
       n : a bitter aromatic gum resin that resembles asafetida [syn: {gum
           albanum}]

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.