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Galbanum

noun
1.
A bitter aromatic gum resin that resembles asafetida.  Synonym: gum albanum.






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... within the lines With song they purify and magic words From which all serpents flee: next round the camp In widest circuit from a kindled fire Rise aromatic odours: danewort burns, And juice distils from Syrian galbanum; Then tamarisk and costum, Eastern herbs, Strong panacea mixt with centaury From Thrace, and leaves of fennel feed the flames, And thapsus brought from Eryx: and they burn Larch, southern-wood and antlers of a deer Which lived afar. From these in densest fumes, Deadly to snakes, a pungent smoke ...
— Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars • Lucan



Words linked to "Galbanum" :   gum



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