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1. Frankincense: Frankincense (also known as olibanum) is an aromatic resin used in incense and perfumes, obtained from trees of the genus Boswellia in the family Burseraceae. The word is from Old French franc encens ('high-quality incense'). (Aromatic resin from Boswellia trees) [100%] 2023-11-28 [Boswellia] [Incense material]...
2. Frankincense: Frankincense (also known as olibanum) is an aromatic resin used in incense and perfumes, obtained from trees of the genus Boswellia in the family Burseraceae. The word is from Old French franc encens ('high-quality incense'). (Biology) [100%] 2023-08-29 [Boswellia] [Incense material]...
3. Frankincense: FRANKINCENSE frants'-in-sens (lebhonah, from root meaning "whiteness," referring to the milky color of the fresh juice: Exodus 30:34; Leviticus 2:1,15; 5:11; 6:15; 24:7; Numbers 5:15; 1 Chronicles 9:29; Nehemiah 13 ... [100%] 1915-01-01
4. Frankincense: Frankincense,1 or Olibanum2, a gum-resin obtained from certain species of trees of the genus Boswellia, and natural order Burseraceae. The members of the genus are possessed of the following characters:—Bark often papyraceous; leaves deciduous, compound, alternate and ... [100%] 2022-09-02
5. Frankincense: Frankincense is a fragrant gum resin from trees of a genus (Boswellia of the family Burseraceae) of Somalia and southern coastal Arabia that is an important incense resin and has been used in religious rites, perfumery, and embalming. In the ... [100%] 2023-02-23 [Botany]
6. Frankincense: was not indigenous to Palestine—the assumption that the tree from which it is derived was at home in the Lebanon Mountains rests merely on the similarity of the name ("lebanon" = λίβανος)— though gardens for the cultivation of the exotic plant ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [100%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
7. The Land of Frankincense - Tony Walsh: While Oman is perhaps the most mysterious corner of the Arabian peninsula to Westerners, the country retains a strong sense of identity, a pride in its ancient past, and unique surprises in the domain of cultural heritage. In this exclusive ... [37%] 2019-01-31