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Webster 1913 Edition


Labdanum

Lab′da-num

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Noun.
(Bot.)
See
Ladanum
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Webster 1828 Edition


Labdanum

LABDANUM.

[See Ladanum.]

Definition 2024


labdanum

labdanum

English

Noun

labdanum (usually uncountable, plural labdanums)

  1. A sticky brown resin obtained from species of rockrose, used mainly in perfume.
    • 2007 August 26, Chandler Burr, “Back in Print”, in New York Times:
      (A chypre perfume is usually built with oak moss, patchouli and labdanum, an absolute of a dark, thick-smelling Mediterranean bush.)

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