Crossword-Solution: OLIBANUM
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Olibanum | n. | The fragrant gum resin of various species of Boswellia; Oriental frankincense. |
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| frankincense | 7 answers |
| gum resin | 19 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with OLIBANUM (5)
Wherever the alluvium is deep on these hills, neither _Catechu, Olibanum, Butea, Terminalia, Diospyros,_ dwarf-palm, or any of those plants are to be met with, which abound wherever the rock is superficial, and irrespectively of its mineral characters.
Cascarilla bark, eight drachms; gum benzoin, four drachms; yellow sanders, two drachms; styrax, two drachms; olibanum, two drachms; charcoal, six ounces; nitre, one drachm and a half; mucilage of tragacanth, sufficient quantity.
The country itself produces few commodities, except coffee and some drugs, as myrrh, olibanum or frankincense from _Cossin_, Soccotrine aloes from Soccotora, liquid storax, white and yellow arsenic, some gum-arabic, mummy, and balm of gilead, these two last being brought down the Red Sea.
Some few exude, by incision, odoriferous gums, as benzoin, olibanum, myrrh, &c.; others give, by the same act, what are called balsams, which appear to be mixtures of an odorous oil and an inodorous gum.
The ground nuts are, however, used advantageously in the combinations of scented powders used for scent bags.--See "Sachet's Powders." OLIBANUM is a gum resin, used to a limited extent in this country, in the manufacture of incense and pastilles.