Associations to the word «Frankincense»

Wiktionary

FRANKINCENSE, noun. A type of incense obtained from the Boswellia thurifera tree.

Dictionary definition

FRANKINCENSE, noun. An aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope