labdanum
labdanum noun: a sticky brown resin obtained from species of rockrose, used mainly in perfume.
Noun
labdanum (usually uncountable, plural labdanums)
- A sticky brown resin obtained from species of rockrose, used mainly in perfume.
- Your onely way to make a good pomander, is this. Take an ownce of the pureſt garden mould, clenſed and ſteeped ſeauen daies in change of motherleſſe roſe water, then take the beſt Labdanum, Benioine, both Storaxes, amber greece, and Ciuet, and muſke, incorporate them together, and work them into...1607, [attributed to Thomas Tomkis], Lingva: Or The Combat of the Tongue, and the Five Senses for Superiority. A Pleasant Comœdie., London: Printed by G[eorge] Eld, for Simon Waterson, →OCLC, act IV...
- Aromatics were used, too, especially in necromancy, and an old recipe of that sort comprises Musk, Myrrh, Frankincense, Red Storax, Mastick, Olibanum, Saffron, Benzoin and Labdanum.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 112
Forms of labdanum
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Origin of labdanum
From Latin lādanum, from Ancient Greek λήδανον (lḗdanon, “gum”), from λήδον (lḗdon, “rockrose”), from a Semitic language; compare Akkadian 𒆷𒁷𒉡 (ladinnu).
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Questions about labdanum
- What does labdanum mean?
- Labdanum means a sticky brown resin obtained from species of rockrose, used mainly in perfume.
- What part of speech is labdanum?
- Labdanum is a noun.
- What is the plural of labdanum?
- The plural of labdanum is labdanums.
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