What is the meaning of GALBA. Phrases containing GALBA
See meanings and uses of GALBA!GALBA
GALBA
GALBA
GALBA
GALBA
GALBA
Acronyms & AI meanings
Save Visions Africa
radio-linked acoustic positioning
Covington Housing Authority
Training Planning Unit
Bear Valley Real Estate
: Mind Kontrol
Information Storage Industry Center
Freshman Activities Board
Curtin University Postgraduate Scholarship
National Clearinghouse for Youth Studies
GALBA
GALBA
GALBA
n.
A colorless crystalline substance of the phenol series, obtained by melting certain resins, as galbanum, asafetida, etc., with caustic potash. It is also produced artificially and used in making certain dyestuffs, as phthalein, fluorescein, and eosin.
n.
A tasteless white crystalline substance, C9H6O3, found in the bark of a certain plant (Daphne Mezereum), and also obtained by the distillation of certain gums from the Umbelliferae, as galbanum, asafetida, etc. It is analogous to coumarin. Called also hydroxy-coumarin.
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.
n.
Alt. of Galbanum
GALBA
GALBA