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FRANKINCENSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does frankincense mean?
• FRANKINCENSE (noun)
The noun FRANKINCENSE has 1 sense:
1. an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation
Familiarity information: FRANKINCENSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
frankincense; gum olibanum; olibanum; thus
Hypernyms ("frankincense" is a kind of...):
gum (any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying)
Context examples
Frankincense oil is used in perfumes, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals.
(Indian Frankincense Oil, NCI Thesaurus)
Also called frankincense tree.
(Boswellia serrata, NCI Dictionary)
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