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4 words match “LADANUM”

LADANUM n.
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.]
GUM n.
-- Gum juniper. See Sandarac. -- Gum kino. See under Kino. -- Gum lac. See Lac. -- Gum Ladanum, a fragrant gum yielded by several Oriental species of Cistus or rock rose. -- Gum passages, sap receptacles extending through the parenchyma of certain plants (Amygdalaceæ, Cactaceæ, etc.), and affording passage for gum.…
LABDANUM n.
See Ladanum.
ROCKROSE n.
se, a related shrub (Cistus Creticus), one of the plants yielding the fragrant gum called ladanum.