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NOUN (2)

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: labdanum, gum labdanum]

2. a soft blackish-brown resinous exudate from various rockroses used in perfumes especially as a fixative;
[syn: labdanum, ladanum]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Labdanum \Lab"da*num\, n. (Bot.) See Ladanum. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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: labdanum, gum labdanum] 2: a soft blackish-brown resinous exudate from various rockroses used in perfumes especially as a fixative [syn: labdanum, ladanum]