galbanum

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  1. noun A bitter, aromatic gum resin extracted from an Asiatic plant (Ferula galbaniflua) or any of several related plants and used in incense and medicinally as a counterirritant.

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  1. Middle English, from Latin, from Greek khalbanē, of Semitic origin; see ḥlb in Semitic roots.

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  1. Also rarely galban, q. v.; = French galbanum = Provencal galbani, galba = Spanish gálbano = Portuguese Italian galbano, from Latin galbanum, Late Latin also galbanus and chalbane, Greek χαλβάνη, from Hebrew khelb'nāh, galbanum, from khālab, be fat; cf. khālāb, milk.
 

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