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OLIBANUM

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

• OLIBANUM (noun)

Sense 1

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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

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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