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olibanum


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  olibanum 
  n  :  an  aromatic  gum  resin  obtained  from  various  Arabian  or  E 
  African  trees;  formerly  valued  for  worship  and  for 
  embalming  and  fumigation  [syn:  {frankincense},  {gum 
  olibanum}] 




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