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gal·ba·num

n :  a yellowish to green or brown aromatic bitter gum resin that contains also some essential oil that is derived from several Asian plants (genus Ferula and esp. F. galbaniflua) of the family Umbelliferae and that resembles asafetida and has been used for similar medicinal purposes .
 
   

 
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