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Webster 1913 Edition

Ladanum

Lad′a-num

,
Noun.
[L.
ladanum
,
ledanum
, Gr.
λάδανον
,
λήδανον
, fr.
λῆδον
name of a shrub, mastic; cf. Per.
lādan
,
lāden
. 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
.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Ladanum

LAD'ANUM

,
Noun.
The resinous juice which exsudes from the leaves of the Cistus ladanifera, a shrub which grows in Arabia, Candia, and other parts of the Archipelago. It is collected with a kind of rake, with leather thongs attached to it, with which the shrubs are brushed. The best sort is in dark-colored black masses, of the consistence of a soft plaster. The other sort is in long rolls coiled up, harder than the former, and of a paler color. It is chiefly used in external applications.

Definition 2024

ladanum

ladanum

English

Noun

ladanum ‎(uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of labdanum

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