olibanum
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Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin olibanum, Late Latin libanus, from Latin oleum libani (“oil of Lebanon”), from Ancient Greek λίβανος (líbanos, “frankincense (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template., now Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)”), from a Semitic source. See the Semitic root lbn لبن, meaning "white". See also (Biblical Hebrew לְבוֹנָה (l'voná, “frankincense”), Arabic لبان (lubān, “frankincense”)). Compare benzoin.
Pronunciation
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Noun
olibanum (countable and uncountable, plural olibanums)
- A gum resin from trees of the genus Boswellia, formerly used as a medicine and now mainly as incense. [from 14th c.]
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- en:Gums and resins
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