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Myrrh vs Frankincense - What's the difference?

myrrh | frankincense |

As nouns the difference between myrrh and frankincense

is that myrrh is (uncountable) a red-brown resinous material, the dried sap of a tree of the species commiphora myrrha while frankincense is a type of incense obtained from the tree.

myrrh

English

Noun

(en-noun) (wikipedia myrrh)
  • (uncountable) A red-brown resinous material, the dried sap of a tree of the species Commiphora myrrha .
  • * 1916 , (James Joyce), (Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man) (Macmillan Press Ltd, paperback, p. 98)
    • The glories of Mary held his soul captive: spikenard and myrrh and frankincense, symbolising the preciousness of God's gifts to her soul, rich garments, symbolising her royal lineage, her emblems, the lateflowering plant and lateblossoming tree, symbolising the agelong gradual growth of her cultus among men.

    Derived terms

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    frankincense

    English

    (wikipedia frankincense)

    Noun

  • A type of incense obtained from the tree.
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    • Synonyms

    * olibanum