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Definition of Galbanum
1. Noun. A bitter aromatic gum resin that resembles asafetida.
Definition of Galbanum
1. Noun. A bitter, aromatic resin or gum, extracted from plants of the genus ''Ferula'', that resembles asafetida and has been used in incense and in aromatherapy ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Galbanum
1. a gum resin [n -S]
Medical Definition of Galbanum
1. A gum resin exuding from the stems of certain Asiatic umbelliferous plants, mostly species of Ferula. The Bubon Galbanum of South Africa furnishes an inferior kind of galbanum. It has an acrid, bitter taste, a strong, unpleasant smell, and is used for medical purposes, also in the arts, as in the manufacture of varnish. Origin: L. Galbanum, Gr, prob. From Heb. Klekb'nh: cf. F. Galbanum. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Galbanum
Literary usage of Galbanum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Universal formulary: Containing the Methods of Preparing and Administering by Robert Eglesfeld Griffith (1866)
"According to Don, and others, the Asiatic galbanum is the product of galbanum <
... galbanum is in whitish or yellowish tears, or in brownish-yellow, ..."
2. Pharmacographia by Friedrich August Flückiger, Daniel Hanbury (1879)
"We have also examined the * The following in addition have at vari- same drug in
the Indian Museum, and ous times been supposed to afford galbanum: further ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1892)
"Liquid Persian galbanum.—The occurrence in commerce in recent years of a liquid
Persian galbanum in the form of a reddish-brown liquid of the consistence of ..."
4. The Essentials of Materia Medica, and Therapeutics by Alfred Baring Garrod (1865)
"galbanum. The gum resin derived from an unascertained umbelliferous plant (galbanum
officinale ?). Some doubt exists as to its true origin. ..."
5. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1866)
"Oil of vitriol colours it brown-yellow. — galbanum oil is ... galbanum-resin
forms whitish-yellow flocks, which soften and melt when wanned. ..."
6. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley (1859)
"Varieties of galbanum of somewhat different qualities are occasionally met with.
The uses of galbanum are medicinal, rarely as an internal remedy, ..."
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