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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ladanum \Lad"a*num\, n. [L. ladanum, ledanum, Gr la`danon,
lh`danon, fr lh^don name of a shrub, mastic; cf Per.
l[=a]dan, l[=a]den. Cf {Laudanum}.]
A gum resin gathered from certain Oriental species of
{Cistus}. It has a pungent odor and is chiefly used in making
plasters, and for fumigation. [Written also {labdanum}.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
ladanum
n : a soft blackish-brown resinous exudate from various
rockroses used in perfumes especially as a fixative [syn:
{labdanum}]
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