frankincense
Meaning of frankincense
noun
an aromatic gum resin obtained from an African tree and burnt as incense.
late Middle English: from Old French franc encens, literally ‘high-quality incense’, from franc (see frank1) in an obsolete sense ‘superior, of high quality’ (which also existed in English) + encens ‘incense’.
Information about frankincense
- It is a name.
- The plural form of frankincense is: frankincenses.
- Languages in which frankincense is used:
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Hyphenation of frankincense
frank-in-cense
- It consists of 3 syllables and 12 chars.
- frankincense is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
frankincense synonyms
Meaning olibanum:
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