Definitions for olibanums

olibanums o·lib·a·num

Spelling: [oh-lib-uh-nuh m]
IPA: /oʊˈlɪb ə nəm/

Olibanums is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 605 anagrams from letters in olibanums (abilmnosu).

Definitions for olibanums

noun

  1. frankincense.

Origin of olibanums

1350-1400; Middle English Medieval Latin, for Late Latin libanus Greek líbanos, of Semitic orig.; compare Hebrew ləbhōnāh

Examples for olibanums

From gum benzoin, either alone or mixed with olibanum or styrax, thrown on hot cinders or a heated shovel.

You may try a strong ethereal or alcoholic solution of benzoin, tolu, storax, olibanum or labdanum.

Incense, of which olibanum forms one of the ingredients, owes much of its pleasant balsamic odour when burning to its presence.

olibanum is a gum resin, used to a limited extent in this country, in the manufacture of incense and pastilles.

Word Value for olibanums
Scrable

12

Words with friends

17

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