Lexic.us

Definition of 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.

2. Noun. A soft blackish-brown resinous exudate from various rockroses used in perfumes especially as a fixative.

Definition of Labdanum

1. n. See Ladanum.

Definition of Labdanum

1. Noun. A sticky brown resin obtained from species of rockrose, used mainly in perfume. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Labdanum

1. a fragrant resin [n -S]

Medical Definition of Labdanum

1. See Ladanum. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Labdanum

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Literary usage of Labdanum

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

1. Analysis of Resins, Balsams and Gum-resins: The Chemistry and Pharmacognosis by Karl Dieterich (1901)
"The so-called labdanum in tortis (twist) contains 20 per cent, of resin, ... Whereas, formerly, labdanum was largely used and highly appreciated as an ..."

2. Medicinal Plants: Being Descriptions with Original Figures of the Principal by Robert Bentley, Henry Trimen (1880)
"In Cyprus labdanum is collected by the shepherds by combing the resin from the fleeces ... Some labdanum is also said to be collected in Spain and Portugal, ..."

3. Vegetable Substances: Materials of Manufactures (1833)
"labdanum is another resinous juice used by perfumers. ... The particular species, the juice of which affords labdanum, is the cistus ..."

4. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1861)
"12mo., Paris, 1722), Nouvelle relation de VAf- rique occidentale (5 vols., 1728), and Voyage en Espagne et en Italie (8 vols., 1730). labdanum. See LADANUM. ..."

5. A Complete pronouncing medical dictionary by Joseph Thomas (1885)
"... however, to utero-gestation, but connected with the lacteal secretion. Taken in connection labdanum,* or Ladanum.* See CISTUS CRETICUS. La-bellum. ..."

6. Larcher's Notes on Herodotus: Historical and Critical Comments on the by Pierre-Henri Larcher (1844)
"... The ledum is a species of cistus ; and Galen * and Dioscorides ' affirm that labdanum is ... labdanum ..."

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