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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats