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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Olibanum \O*lib"a*num\, n. [LL., fr. Ar. al-luban frankincense; cf. Gr. ?, ?, of Semitic origin.] The fragrant gum resin of various species of Boswellia; Oriental frankincense. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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]