'Ladanum' definitions:
Definition of 'ladanum'
(from WordNet)
noun
A soft blackish-brown resinous exudate from various rockroses used in perfumes especially as a fixative [syn: labdanum, ladanum]
Definition of 'Ladanum'
From: GCIDE
- Ladanum \Lad"a*num\, n. [L. ladanum, ledanum, Gr. la`danon, lh`danon, fr. lh^don name of a shrub, mastic; cf. Per. l[=a]dan, l[=a]den. Cf. Laudanum.] 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. [Written also labdanum.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'ladanum'
From: GCIDE
- Rockrose \Rock"rose`\, n. (Bot.) A name given to any species of the genus Helianthemum, low shrubs or herbs with yellow flowers, especially the European Helianthemum vulgare and the American frostweed, Helianthemum Canadense. [1913 Webster]
- Cretan rockrose, a related shrub (Cistus Creticus), one of the plants yielding the fragrant gum called ladanum. [1913 Webster]