Găl'ba-nūm

} Heb. khelb'nāh, from khālab, to be fat, khālab, milk, or from Khelbōn, i. e., fat, fertile, a city of Syria, Gr. γαλυβών, now Aleppo.] A gum-resin exuding from the stem of the Bubon galbanum, an umbelliferous plant growing in Africa. It has an acrid, bitter taste, and a strong, unpleasant smell, and is used both for medical purposes and in the arts, as in the manufacture of varnish. Ure.