galbanum
a gum resin with a peculiar, strong odor, obtained from certain Asian plants of the genus Ferula, used in incense and formerly in medicine.
Origin of galbanum
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How to use galbanum in a sentence
Discutients possess the power of repelling or resolving tumors, such as galbanum, &c.
Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million | Sarah Josepha HaleWhat I advise is this: Give them a good deal of 'galbanum' in the first part of your letter.
The PG Edition of Chesterfield's Letters to His Son | The Earl of ChesterfieldThis is the point for the application of the galbanum or other "warm plaster."
Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million | Sarah Josepha HaleA 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.
Curious Creatures in Zoology | John Ashton
British Dictionary definitions for galbanum
/ (ˈɡælbənəm) /
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
Origin of galbanum
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