لادن‎

English translation: Ladanum/Labdanum

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Arabic term or phrase:لادن‎
English translation:Ladanum/Labdanum
Entered by: SeiTT

12:43 Feb 9, 2010
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Science - Botany
Arabic term or phrase: لادن‎
Greetings,

Please could you let me know the exact meanings of this word?

It seems to fall victim, in dictionaries, to a confusion of two words, laudanum (tincture of opium) and ladanum/labdanum (a sticky brown resin from Cistus ladanifer and Cistus creticus, species of rockrose).

Does it also mean the cistus which yields ladanum/labdanum?

Also, how do you pronounce the word?

All the best, and many thanks,

Simon
SeiTT
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:51
Ladanum/Labdanum
Explanation:
http://ddc.aub.edu.lb/projects/saab/avicenna/appendix_1.html
A new medical dictionary: containing an explanation of the terms ... - Google Books Result
Robert Hooper, John Quincy - 1817 - Medical - 870 pages
LADANUM (From laden, Arab.) Labdanum. This resinous nice exiles upon the ... Three Borts ot ladanum have been described by authors, but only two are to be ...
books.google.com.eg/books?id=uWNZAAAAIAAJ...

Pronunciation: Laden
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Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Local time: 22:51
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Ladanum/Labdanum


Explanation:
http://ddc.aub.edu.lb/projects/saab/avicenna/appendix_1.html
A new medical dictionary: containing an explanation of the terms ... - Google Books Result
Robert Hooper, John Quincy - 1817 - Medical - 870 pages
LADANUM (From laden, Arab.) Labdanum. This resinous nice exiles upon the ... Three Borts ot ladanum have been described by authors, but only two are to be ...
books.google.com.eg/books?id=uWNZAAAAIAAJ...

Pronunciation: Laden

Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Local time: 22:51
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 72
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