Incense
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Description
Any plant exudation (gum, oil, or resin) that produces a pleasant smell when burned. In general, incense resins are obtained from incense trees like Boswellia carteri (frankincense), Commiphora myrrha (myrrh), or any of the genus Protium. Other examples include: resin gum benzoin, camphor, cedar, copal, cypress, juniper, labdanum, nutmeg, sage, sandalwood, and (resin) storax. See also oil essential oil.
Synonyms and Related Terms
Weihrauch (Deut.); incienso (Esp.); encens (Fr.); wierook (Ned.); kadzido (Pol.); rkelse (Sven.); incenso (It)
Authority
- Random House, Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
- Encyclopedia Britannica, http://www.britannica.com Comment: "incense" Encyclopdia Britannica Premium Service. [Accessed 25 Jan. 2006].
- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, at http://www.wikipedia.com Comment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incense (Accessed Feb. 2, 2006)