galbanum

[ gal-buh-nuhm ]

noun

1. a gum resin with a peculiar, strong odor, obtained from certain Asian plants of the genus Ferula, used in incense and formerly in medicine.

galbanum

/ ˈɡælbənəm /

noun

1. a bitter aromatic gum resin extracted from any of several Asian umbelliferous plants of the genus Ferula, esp F. galbaniflua, and used in incense and medicinally as a counterirritant

Word History and Origins

Origin of galbanum¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin; akin to Greek chalbánē, Hebrew chelbenāh

Word History and Origins

Origin of galbanum¹

C14: from Latin, from Greek khalbanē, from Hebrew helbenāh

Example Sentences

Discutients possess the power of repelling or resolving tumors, such as galbanum, &c.

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What I advise is this: Give them a good deal of 'Galbanum' in the first part of your letter.

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This is the point for the application of the galbanum or other "warm plaster."

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A suffumigation of sandarach1100 with galbanum, or goats fat, will drive away Scorpions and every other reptile.

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Galbanum killeth serpents only by touching, if oyle and the herbe called Fenell-giant be mixt withall.

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