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The best frankincense is grown in Oman and the incense is widely used in worship in India. [19] The ancient Egyptians prized frankincense for the resin they used to make the characteristic dark eyeliner and myrrh as an embalming agent for deceased pharaohs. [19] [20] At that time, myrrh was worth more than gold.
The English word frankincense derives from the Old French expression franc encens, meaning 'true incense', maybe with the sense of 'high quality incense'. [4] [2] The adjective franc in Old French meant 'noble, true', in this case perhaps 'pure'; although franc is ultimately derived from the tribal name of the Franks, it is not a direct reference to them in the word francincense.
The tetrahedral bag was designed to help the tea leaves move more freely, as loose tea moves in a teapot, and supposedly create a better infusion. One 2011 version of the product packaging made the claim: "The PG Tips pyramid tea bag gives the tea leaves 50% more room to move around than a flat conventional tea bag.
Helichrysum petiolare, the licorice-plant [2] or liquorice plant, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is a subshrub native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa — where it is known as imphepho — and to Angola, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. [1] It is naturalized in parts of Portugal and the United States. [3]
Benzoin, known as kemenyan, from Gombong, Central Java Benzoin street vendor in Tapanoeli Residency, North Sumatra. Benzoin / ˈ b ɛ n z oʊ. ɪ n / or benjamin (corrupted pronunciation) [1] is a balsamic resin obtained from the bark of several species of trees in the genus Styrax.
Erect perennial herb 20–50 cm tall with a branched crown at the base; stems several, usually branched, with a dense felty vestiture of woolly hairs; leaves oblanceolate, usually narrowly so, or sometimes narrowly elliptic, flat, acute to acuminate with a soft dark mucro, with a cuneate sessile base, mostly 2–4 cm long, 5–8 mm wide, thick and felty with a dense woolly vestiture on both sides.