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Noun: frankincense  'frang-kin,sen(t)s
  1. An aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation
    - olibanum, gum olibanum, thus

Derived forms: frankincenses

Type of: gum

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