1. an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation; [syn: frankincense, olibanum, gum olibanum, thus]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
gum olibanum
n 1: an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East
African trees; formerly valued for worship and for
embalming and fumigation [syn: frankincense, olibanum,
gum olibanum, thus]