gum elemi

1. 1.

   fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense

   Synonymselemi

   Broadergum resin

Questions about gum elemi

What does gum elemi mean?

gum elemi means "fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense".

What is another word for gum elemi?

Close synonyms include elemi. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gum elemi a common word?

gum elemi is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.