Noun: olibanum ow'li-bu-num
- An aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation
"olibanum was one of the gifts brought by the Magi to the infant Jesus"; "gum olibanum was one of the gifts brought by the Magi to the infant Jesus";
- frankincense, gum olibanum, thus
Derived forms: olibanums
Type of: gum
Encyclopedia: Olibanum