Frankincense

Noun

 * 1) a type of incense obtained from the Boswellia thurifera tree

Translations

 * Czech:
 * Finnish: olibaanihartsi
 * Hebrew: לבונה


 * Hungarian:
 * Swahili: uvumba

Synonyms

 * olibanum

Quotations

 * 1916: The glories of Mary held his soul captive : spikenard and myrrh and frankincense, symbolising the preciousness of God's gifts to her soul, rich garments, symbolising her royal lineage, her emblems, the lateflowering plant and lateblossoming tree, symbolising the agelong gradual growth of her cultus among men. - James Joyce, ''Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Macmillan Press Ltd, paperback, 98)

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