olibanum's Usage Examples:

Bernhard von Breydenbach, 8 Ausonius, Florus and others, arguing, it would seem, from its Hebrew and Greek names, concluded that olibanum came from Mount Lebanon; and Chardin (Voyage en Perse, 'c.

The prevalent bush plants are khansa (umbrella mimosa), acacias, aloes, and, especially, Boswellia and Commiphora, which yield highly fragrant resins and balsams, such as myrrh, frankincense (olibanum) and " balm of Gilead.

Carterii, the " Yegaar," " Mohr Add," and " Mohr Madow " of the Somali country, in East Africa, the last species including a variety, the " Maghrayt d'Sheehaz " of Hadramaut, Arabia, all of which are sources of true frankincense or olibanum.

"158), as true frankincense, or olibanum; from this, however, it differs in its softness, and tendency to melt into a mass' (Birdwood, loc.

2 " Sic olibanum dixere pro thure ex Graeco b At(3avor "(Salmasius, C.

) of Abyssinia, which, though both thuriferous, are not known to yield any of the olibanum of commerce; and (B) B.

ibi etiam arbores thurifere coalescunt quarum gummi electum olibanum a medicis nuncupatur.

52), " has been thought to yield East Indian olibanum, but there is no reliable evidence of its so doing.

olibanum in petrolatum was found to be non-irritant to human skin.

"Carterii, the " Yegaar," " Mohr Add," and " Mohr Madow " of the Somali country, in East Africa, the last species including a variety, the " Maghrayt d'Sheehaz " of Hadramaut, Arabia, all of which are sources of true frankincense or olibanum.

In Rome olibanum alone is employed; in other places benzoin, storax, lign, aloes, cascarilla bark, cinnamon, cloves and musk are all said to be occasionally used.

Common frankincense is an ingredient in some ointments and plasters, and on account of its pleasant odour when burned has been used in incense as a substitute for olibanum.

Synonyms:

frankincense, gum, gum olibanum, thus,

Antonyms:

stay,