incense odour
41Laurales — ▪ plant order Introduction the Laurel order of flowering plants, containing 7 families, 91 genera, and about 2,900 species. Members of Laurales are trees, shrubs, or woody vines. Most are found in tropical or warm temperate climates, and they… …
42Malvales — ▪ plant order Introduction medium sized order, known as the hibiscus or mallow order, mostly of woody plants, consisting of 10 families, 338 genera, and about 6,000 species. The plants grow in various habitats throughout much of the world, and a …
43religious symbolism and iconography — Introduction respectively, the basic and often complex artistic forms and gestures used as a kind of key to convey religious concepts and the visual, auditory, and kinetic representations of religious ideas and events. Symbolism and… …
44Frankincense — (Heb. lebonah; Gr. libanos, i.e., white ), an odorous resin imported from Arabia (Isa. 60:6; Jer. 6:20), yet also growing in Palestine (Cant. 4:14). It was one of the ingredients in the perfume of the sanctuary (Ex. 30:34), and was used as an… …
45Onycha — A nail; claw; hoof, (Heb. sheheleth; Ex. 30:34), a Latin word applied to the operculum, i.e., the claw or nail of the strombus or wing shell, a univalve common in the Red Sea. The opercula of these shell fish when burned emit a strong odour… …
46odorize — verb cause to smell or be smelly • Syn: ↑odourise, ↑scent • Ant: ↑deodourise (for: ↑odourise), ↑deodorize • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
47odourise — verb cause to smell or be smelly • Syn: ↑odorize, ↑scent • Ant: ↑deodourise, ↑deodorize (for: ↑odorize) • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
