labdanum

Questions about labdanum

What does labdanum mean?

labdanum means "a dark brown to greenish oleoresin that has a fragrant odor and is used as a fixative in perfumes; obtained as a juice from certain rockroses". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in labdanum?

labdanum has 3 syllables and divides as lab-da-num under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for labdanum?

Close synonyms include gum labdanum, ladanum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is labdanum a common word?

labdanum is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.