[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]