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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a bitter aromatic gum resin that resembles asafetida [syn: galbanum, gum albanum]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin, from Greek chalban?, of Semitic origin; akin to Hebrew ?elb?n?h galbanum Date: 14th century a yellowish to green or brown aromatic bitter gum resin derived from several Asian plants (as Ferula galbaniflua) and used in incense

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a bitter aromatic gum resin produced from kinds of ferula. Etymology: ME f. L f. Gk khalbane, prob. of Semitic orig.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Galban Gal"ban, Galbanum Gal"ba*num, n. [L. galbanum, Gr. ?, prob. from Heb. klekb'n?h: cf. F. galbanum.] A gum resin exuding from the stems of certain Asiatic umbelliferous plants, mostly species of Ferula. The Bubon Galbanum of South Africa furnishes an inferior kind of galbanum. It has an acrid, bitter taste, a strong, unpleasant smell, and is used for medical purposes, also in the arts, as in the manufacture of varnish.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Heb. helbenah, (Ex. 30:34), one of the ingredients in the holy incense. It is a gum, probably from the Galbanum officinale.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

gal'-ba-num (chelbenah; chalbdne):

A gum-resin which occurs in small, round, semitranslucent tears or in brownish yellow masses; has a pleasant aromatic odor and a bitter taste; and is today, at any rate, imported from Persia.

It is derived from certain umbelliferous plants, Ferula galbaniflua and F. rubricaulis. It is mentioned in Ex 30:34 as an ingredient of the holy incense, and also in /APC Sirach 24:15: "a pleasant odor .... as galbanum."