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ˈgæl bə nəmgal·banum
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Princeton's WordNet
galbanum, gum albanumnoun
a bitter aromatic gum resin that resembles asafetida
Wiktionary
galbanumnoun
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
Etymology: From galbanum, from χαλβάνη.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
GALBANUMnoun
We meet with galbanum sometimes in loose granules, called drops or tears, which is the purest, and sometimes in large masses. It is soft, like wax, and ductile between the fingers; of a yellowish or reddish colour: its smell is strong and disagreeable; its taste acrid, nauseous and bitterish. It is of a middle nature between a gum and a resin, being inflammable as a resin, and soluble in water as a gum, and will not dissolve in oil as pure resins do. It is the produce of an umbelliferous plant, whose stalks are about an inch thick, and five or six feet high: its leaves are like the common anise, of a strong smell, and acrid taste; but the flowers, and especially the seeds, much more so. The whole plant abounds with a viscous milky juice, which it yields when wounded, and which soon concretes into substance called galbanum. The plant is frequent in Persia, and in many parts of Africa. Its medicinal virtues are considerable in asthmas, coughs, and hysterick complaints. John Hill Materia Medica.
I yielded indeed a pleasant odour, like the best myrrh; as galbanum. Ecclus. xxiv. 15.
Wikipedia
Galbanum
Galbanum is an aromatic gum resin and a product of certain umbelliferous Persian plant species in the genus Ferula, chiefly Ferula gummosa (synonym F. galbaniflua) and Ferula rubricaulis. Galbanum-yielding plants grow plentifully on the slopes of the mountain ranges of northern Iran. It occurs usually in hard or soft, irregular, more or less translucent and shining lumps, or occasionally in separate tears, of a light-brown, yellowish or greenish-yellow colour. Galbanum has a disagreeable, bitter taste, a peculiar, a somewhat musky odour, and an intense green scent. With a specific gravity of 1.212, it contains about 8% terpenes; about 65% of a resin which contains sulfur; about 20% gum; and a very small quantity of the colorless crystalline substance umbelliferone. It also contains α-pinene, β-pinene, limonene, cadinene, 3-carene, and ocimene.
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galbanum
Galbanum is a type of resin derived from certain species of ferula, a perennial plant. This gum-like substance is historically known for its medicinal uses, and currently used widely in the perfume industry for its unique earthy aroma. It has a bitter flavor and is often harvested by making incisions in the plant's root or lower stem.
Webster Dictionary
Galbanumnoun
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
Etymology: [L. galbanum, Gr. , prob. from Heb. klekb'nh: cf. F. galbanum.]
Wikidata
Galbanum
Galbanum is an aromatic gum resin, the product of certain umbelliferous Persian plant species, chiefly Ferula gummosa and Ferula rubricaulis. Galbanum-yielding plants grow plentifully on the slopes of the mountain ranges of northern Iran. It occurs usually in hard or soft, irregular, more or less translucent and shining lumps, or occasionally in separate tears, of a light-brown, yellowish or greenish-yellow colour, and has a disagreeable, bitter taste, a peculiar, somewhat musky odour, an intense green scent, and a specific gravity of 1.212. It contains about 8% terpenes; about 65% of a resin which contains sulfur; about 20% gum; and a very small quantity of the colorless crystalline substance umbelliferone. It also contains a-pinene, b-pinene, limonene, cadinene, 3-carene, and ocimene.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Galbanum
gal′ban-um, n. a resinous juice obtained from an Eastern plant, used in medicine and in the arts, and by the Jews in the preparation of the sacred incense.—Also Gal′ban. [L.,—Gr. chalbanē, prob. an Eastern word.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of galbanum in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of galbanum in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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