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GUM ALBANUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gum albanum mean?
• GUM ALBANUM (noun)
The noun GUM ALBANUM has 1 sense:
1. a bitter aromatic gum resin that resembles asafetida
Familiarity information: GUM ALBANUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A bitter aromatic gum resin that resembles asafetida
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
galbanum; gum albanum
Hypernyms ("gum albanum" is a kind of...):
gum (any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying)
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