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ˈlæb də nəmlab·danum

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. labdanum, gum labdanumnoun

    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

  2. labdanum, ladanumnoun

    a soft blackish-brown resinous exudate from various rockroses used in perfumes especially as a fixative

Wiktionary

  1. labdanumnoun

    A sticky brown resin obtained from species of rockrose, used mainly in perfume.

  2. Etymology: ladanum, from λήδανον, from λήδον, from a language; compare Akkadian.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Labdanumnoun

    A resin of the softer kind, of a strong and not unpleasant smell, and an aromatick, but not agreeable taste. This juice exsudates from a low spreading shrub, of the citrus kind, in Crete, and the neighbouring islands; and the Grecian women make balls of it with a small admixture of ambergrease, by way of a perfume. It was formerly used externally in medicine, but is now neglected. Hill.

Wikipedia

  1. Labdanum

    Labdanum, also called ladanum, ladan, or ladanon, is a sticky brown resin obtained from the shrubs Cistus ladanifer (western Mediterranean) and Cistus creticus (eastern Mediterranean), species of rockrose. It was historically used in herbal medicine and is still used in the preparation of some perfumes and vermouths.

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  1. labdanum

    Labdanum is a sticky brown resin, obtained from the shrubs Cistus ladanifer (western Mediterranean) and Cistus creticus (eastern Mediterranean). This resin has been used since ancient times in perfumery due to its sweet, musky, and long-lasting scent. It is also believed to have potential medicinal properties.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Labdanumnoun

    see Ladanum

Wikidata

  1. Labdanum

    Labdanum, also called ladanum or ladan, is a sticky brown resin obtained from the shrubs Cistus ladanifer and Cistus creticus, species of rockrose. It has a long history of use in herbal medicine and as a perfume ingredient.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Labdanum

    See Ladanum.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of labdanum in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of labdanum in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5


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