incense
Biotic material that releases fragrant smoke when burnt, often used in religious rites or for aesthetic reasons.
Other meanings
The fragrant smoke released by burning incense (sense 1).
Homage; adulation.
A kind of
- compound
Word history
From Latin "incensum" (burnt incense).
Where this comes from
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