gum myrrh
- noun
- /ɡʌm mɪr/
- Specialized
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goma mirra
- The altar was fragrant with the scent of gum myrrh burning in the censer.
Examples
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She mixed gum myrrh into the perfume to give it a rich, spicy aroma.
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Ancient Egyptians valued gum myrrh for its use in religious ceremonies and embalming.
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The gum myrrh was used in ancient rituals.
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Many people enjoy the scent of gum myrrh in perfumes.
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Ancient Egyptians valued gum myrrh for its use in religious ceremonies and embalming.
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The altar was fragrant with the scent of gum myrrh burning in the censer.
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She mixed gum myrrh into the perfume to give it a rich, spicy aroma.
Synonyms
9
9.9
A dark sticky substance from trees that people burn as sweet-smelling incense and use in perfumes or medicine
8
9.6
Sticky gum from trees with a strong scent used as incense
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9.9
A thick plant gum with a strong smell used in medicines and perfumes
A fragrant gum from trees used for perfume and incense
A fragrant sticky gum from plants used long ago in medicine and perfumes
A fragrant resin from trees burned as incense in religious ceremonies
A strong smelling gum from trees burned in religious ceremonies
A fragrant resin from trees used in incense, varnish, and perfume
A thick sticky substance from rockrose bushes that helps perfume keep its smell
A sticky substance from trees with a sweet scent used to protect skin and scent perfumes and incense
A fragrant resin from trees used in perfumes and to soothe irritated skin
A hard pale material from certain trees used in varnish, incense, and to make paint shiny
A sticky natural substance from trees used to make medicines, varnish, and incense
A sticky substance from some tropical trees that people use to make varnish and incense
A sticky, fragrant substance from a plant used in medicine and to make varnish
A sticky substance with a strong smell from sweet gum trees used in perfumes and medicines
A sticky fragrant substance from a tree used in medicine and perfume
A fragrant resin burned as incense and used in perfume
A gum from some plants used in perfumes and incense with a strong bitter smell
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines two directly related nouns: 'gum' (a resinous sap) and 'myrrh' (a fragrant resin), so its meaning as an aromatic resin used as incense/perfume is transparently derivable from the parts. This noun–noun composition is a straightforward, cross-linguistically common referential pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The noun gum myrrh comes from the sticky resin that flows from certain trees: gum names the sticky sap and myrrh is the resin people collected and burned for its smell in perfumes and religious ceremonies. So today gum myrrh means a fragrant resin used as incense and in perfume.