Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun frankincense

1 sense of frankincense

Sense 1
frankincense, olibanum, gum olibanum, thus -- (an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation)
       => gum -- (any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying)