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frankincense noun. LME.
[Old French franc encens lit. 'high-quality (see FRANK adjective1) incense'.]
An aromatic gum resin used esp. for burning as incense, obtained from trees of the genus Boswellia (family Burseraceae), native to Somalia. Also, a similar resin obtained from fir or pine trees. Also, a tree yielding such a resin.