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frankincense
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Summary

frankincense ranks in the top 0.64% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,223 views/month, #499 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: incense[2], balsam[3], benzoin[4]
  • Commons category: Frankincense[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Frankincense[6]
  • Commons gallery: Frankincense[7]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[8], Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[9], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[10], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[12], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14], The New Student's Reference Work[15], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[16]
  • Natural product of taxon: Boswellia sacra[17], Boswellia[18]

Why It Matters

frankincense has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] frankincense is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 6315
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    Described by source → Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus, Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language +6
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Jewish encyclopedia id: 6315, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167478586|FRANKINCENSE (#167478586)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedi"
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