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[syn: labdanum, ladanum]
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.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Rockrose \Rock"rose`\, n. (Bot.)
A name given to any species of the genus Helianthemum, low
shrubs or herbs with yellow flowers, especially the European
Helianthemum vulgare and the American frostweed,
Helianthemum Canadense.
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Cretan rockrose, a related shrub (Cistus Creticus), one
of the plants yielding the fragrant gum called ladanum.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ladanum
n 1: a soft blackish-brown resinous exudate from various
rockroses used in perfumes especially as a fixative [syn:
labdanum, ladanum]