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FRANKINCENSE
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I. (noun)
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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
Synonyms:
frankincense; gum olibanum; olibanum; thus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("frankincense" 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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