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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Galban \Gal"ban\, Galbanum \Gal"ba*num\, n. [L. galbanum, Gr ?, prob. from Heb. klekb'n?h: cf F. galbanum.] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: galbanum n : a bitter aromatic gum resin that resembles asafetida [syn: {gum albanum}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Galbanum Heb. helbenah (Ex. 30:34), one of the ingredients in the holy incense. It is a gum, probably from the Galbanum officinale.
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