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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 gal·ba·num /ˈgælbənəm, ˈgɔl-/
 白松香,楓子香

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 gal·ba·num /ˈgælbənəm, ˈgɔl-/ 名詞
 古蓬香膠,白松香

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Gal·ban, Gal·ba·num n.  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.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

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

From: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

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