a dark resin obtained from various cistus shrubs, used in perfumery
Origin of labdanum
ML, altered from Classical Latin ladanum from Classical Greek ladanon from l?don, mastic from Arabic l?dan from Persianlabdanum
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labdanum
also lad·a·num
noun
A resin of certain Mediterranean rockroses of the genus Cistus, yielding a fragrant essential oil used in flavorings and perfumes.
Origin of labdanum
Middle English from Medieval Latin lapdanum, labdanum alteration of Latin lādanum from Greek lēdanon, lādanon, from lēdon, *lādon rockrose of Semitic origin Old South Arabian ldn probably a kind of rockrose and Akkadian ladinnu, ladunu labdanum ldnTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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labdanum - Medical Definition
also ladanum (lăd′n-əm)
n.
A resin of certain Mediterranean rockroses of the genus Cistus, yielding a fragrant essential oil used in flavorings and perfumes.
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