As nouns the difference between olibanum and olibene
is that olibanum is a gum resin from trees of the genus boswellia , formerly used as a medicine and now mainly as incense while olibene is an essential oil, principally a mixture of diterpenes, obtained by the distillation of olibanum.
olibanum
English
Noun
(-)
A gum resin from trees of the genus Boswellia , formerly used as a medicine and now mainly as incense.
Synonyms
*frankincense
olibene
English
Noun
(-)
An essential oil, principally a mixture of diterpenes, obtained by the distillation of olibanum.
Synonyms
* conimene