The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
n. Variant of labdanum.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. 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.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A resinous juice that exudes from the Cistus ladaniferus, a shrub which grows in Spain and Portugal, and from C. Creticus and C. salvifolius, which grow in Crete, Syria, etc.
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n. a soft blackish-brown resinous exudate from various rockroses used in perfumes especially as a fixative
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