Definition of Gum labdanum

1. Noun. 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.

Exact synonyms: Labdanum
Generic synonyms: Oleoresin

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gum Labdanum

gum anime
gum arabic
gum ball
gum benjamin
gum benzoin
gum boot
gum butea
gum contour
gum dammar
gum disease
gum elastic
gum elemi
gum eurphorbium
gum karaya
gum kino
gum labdanum (current term)
gum lancet
gum lift
gum lifts
gum line
gum myrrh
gum olibanum
gum plant
gum resection
gum resin
gum ridge
gum sangapenum
gum terpentine
gum tree

Literary usage of Gum labdanum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1877)
"gum labdanum.—X. Landerer states that -this gum is often sophisticated during the melting process with olibanum, ..."

2. The Family Herbal,: Or An Account of All Those English Plants, which are by John Hill (1812)
"The gum labdanum is procured from this shrub, and is its only produce used in medicine. This is an exudation discharged froin the leaves in the manner of ..."

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