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    GUM OLIBANUM

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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 fumigationplay

    Synonyms:

    frankincense; gum olibanum; olibanum; thus

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    Nouns denoting substances

    Hypernyms ("gum 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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