GUM OLIBANUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gum olibanum mean? 

• GUM OLIBANUM (noun)
  The noun GUM OLIBANUM 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: GUM OLIBANUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GUM OLIBANUM (noun)

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Meaning:

An aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation

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Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

frankincense; gum olibanum; olibanum; thus

Hypernyms ("gum olibanum" 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)