Labdanum

3 definitions found

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

  Labdanum \Lab"da*num\, n. (Bot.)
     See {Ladanum}.
     [1913 Webster]

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



  Ladanum \Lad"a*num\, n. [L. ladanum, ledanum, Gr. la`danon,
     lh`danon, fr. lh^don name of a shrub, mastic; cf. Per.
     l[=a]dan, l[=a]den. Cf. {Laudanum}.]
     A gum resin gathered from certain Oriental species of
     {Cistus}. It has a pungent odor and is chiefly used in making
     plasters, and for fumigation. [Written also {labdanum}.]
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  labdanum
       n 1: a dark brown to greenish oleoresin that has a fragrant odor
            and is used as a fixative in perfumes; obtained as a
            juice from certain rockroses [syn: {gum labdanum}]
       2: a soft blackish-brown resinous exudate from various
          rockroses used in perfumes especially as a fixative [syn:
          {ladanum}]