Meaning & use
frankincense
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An aromatic resin obtained from trees of the genus Boswellia, burned as incense and used in perfumes and traditional medicine.
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Frankincense has been traded across the Arabian Peninsula for thousands of years.
The temple filled with the smoky, resinous scent of frankincense during the ceremony.
A note on using this word
Frankincense is famously one of the three gifts brought by the Magi to the infant Jesus in the biblical Nativity story, alongside gold and myrrh.
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