An important incense resin used in religious rites and in embalming

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• frankincense — /frang kin sens /, n. an aromatic gum resin from various Asian and African trees of the genus Boswellia, esp. B. carteri, used chiefly for burning as incense in religious or ceremonial practices, in perfumery, and in pharmaceutical and fumigating …   Universalium

• frankincense — noun Etymology: Middle English fraunk encense, from Anglo French franc encens, from franc (perhaps in sense “of high quality”) + encens incense Date: 14th century a fragrant gum resin from trees of a genus (Boswellia of the family Burseraceae) of …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• frankincense — SYN: olibanum. [Mediev. L. francum incensum, pure incense] * * * frank·in·cense fraŋ kən .sen(t)s n a fragrant gum resin from trees (genus Boswellia of the family Burseraceae) of Somalia and southern coastal Arabia that is an important incense… …   Medical dictionary

• Onycha — This article is about the incense component. For the town in Alabama, see Onycha, Alabama. Onycha (Greek: ονυξ), along with equal parts of stacte, galbanum, and frankincense, was one of the components of the consecrated Ketoret (incense) which… …   Wikipedia

• Myrrh — For the record label, see Myrrh Records. Commiphora myrrha tree, one of the primary trees from which myrrh is harvested. Myrrh (pronounced /ˈmɜr/) is the aromatic oleoresin of a number of small, thorny tree species of the genus Commiphora,… …   Wikipedia