Noun: frankincense 'frang-kin,sen(t)s
- An aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation
"Frankincense was one of the gifts brought by the Magi to the infant Jesus";
- olibanum, gum olibanum, thus
Derived forms: frankincenses
Type of: gum
Encyclopedia: Frankincense