olibanum noun.
[ɒ'lɪbǝnǝm] Also Anglicized as oliban
['ɒlɪb(ǝ)n].
LME.[medieval Latin, ult. repr. Greek libanos frankincense tree, incense (of Semitic origin: cf. Hebrew lĕbōnāh incense) prob. through Arab. al-lubān storax (see AL-2).]An aromatic gum from the N. African tree
Boswellia sacra (family Burseraceae), formerly used in medicine but now chiefly as incense. Now usu.
gum olibanum.
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