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galbanum

[ gal-buh-nuhm ]

noun

  1. a gum resin with a peculiar, strong odor, obtained from certain Asian plants of the genus Ferula, used in incense and formerly in medicine.


galbanum

/ ˈɡælbənəm /

noun

  1. a bitter aromatic gum resin extracted from any of several Asian umbelliferous plants of the genus Ferula, esp F. galbaniflua, and used in incense and medicinally as a counterirritant
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of galbanum1

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin; akin to Greek chalbánē, Hebrew chelbenāh
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Word History and Origins

Origin of galbanum1

C14: from Latin, from Greek khalbanē, from Hebrew helbenāh
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Example Sentences

Discutients possess the power of repelling or resolving tumors, such as galbanum, &c.

What I advise is this: Give them a good deal of 'Galbanum' in the first part of your letter.

This is the point for the application of the galbanum or other "warm plaster."

A suffumigation of sandarach1100 with galbanum, or goats fat, will drive away Scorpions and every other reptile.

Galbanum killeth serpents only by touching, if oyle and the herbe called Fenell-giant be mixt withall.

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