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OLIBANUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does olibanum mean?
• OLIBANUM (noun)
The noun 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: OLIBANUM 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 ("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)
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