OLIBANUM
\ˈɒlɪbˌanəm], \ˈɒlɪbˌanəm], \ˈɒ_l_ɪ_b_ˌa_n_ə_m]\
Definitions of OLIBANUM
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation
By Princeton University
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an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation
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By Noah Webster.
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A plant genus of the family BURSERACEAE used medicinally since ancient times. It is a source of boswellic acid.
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By Robley Dunglison
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Frankincense; a gum-resin from species of Boswellia: stimulant emmenagogue.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Syn.: thus. Frankincense; a gum resin obtained by incision from the stem of Boswellia Carterii and other species of Boswellia. O. is chiefly used as an incense, though it is probably equal to other balsamic medicines as a stimulant to the mucous membranes, and its use as a fumigatory in bronchitis and chronic laryngitis is recommended.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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