olibanum
2 synonyms for olibanum, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A resin taken from Boswellia trees; it used to serve as a medicine and today is burnt chiefly as incense.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin olibanum, from Latin oleum libani, whose first word means 'oil' and whose second comes from Ancient Greek λίβανος (líbanos, 'frankincense (Boswellia sacra)'), from a Semitic source; compare Proto-Semitic *laban- ('white'). It is cognate with Biblical Hebrew לְבוֹנָה (l'voná, 'frankincense')...
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