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Galban

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Gal´ban
n.1.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.


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A delegation of nominated Cuban musicians was denied visas, as guitarist Ry Cooder pointed out when he was forced to accept the trophy for pop instrumental album for ``Mambo Sinuendo'' without his partner on the disc, Havana's Manuel Galban.
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