ladanum

How to use ladanum in a sentence

• ladanum is a varnish or gluey coating found on the leaves of Cistus creticus, which grows in Crete.

  The Romance of Plant Life | G. F. Scott Elliot

• “Stripes of labdanum” or ladanum: a fragrant, resinous exudation from the plants Cystus creticus and Cystus ladaniferus.

  The Browning Cyclopdia | Edward Berdoe

• ladanum, lad′a-num, n. a resinous exudation from the leaves of a shrub growing round the Mediterranean.

  Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) | Various

• On the west side of the island the peasants distil rose, orange, and lavender water, and myrtle and ladanum oil.

  Cyprus | Franz von Lher