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| a resinous juice that exudes from various rockroses of the genus Cistus: used in perfumery, fumigating substances, etc. |
danon, akin to lêdon rockrose < Sem| lab·da·num (lāb'də-nəm) n. A resin of certain Old World plants of the genus Cistus, yielding a fragrant essential oil used in flavorings and perfumes. [Middle English, from Medieval Latin lapdanum, labdanum, alteration of Latin lādanum, from Greek lēdanon, lādanon, from lēdon, *lādon, rockrose, of Semitic origin; akin to Akkadian ladinnu, ladunu, an aromatic.] |