1. (

• frankincense ,
• olibanum ,
• gum_olibanum ,
• thus

) an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation ;

1. (

• therefore ,
• hence ,
• thence ,
• thus ,
• so ,

) (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result; "therefore X must be true"; "the eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory"; "we were young and thence optimistic"; "it is late and thus we must go"; "the witness is biased and so cannot be trusted" ;

2. (

• thus ,
• thusly ,
• so ,

) in the way indicated; "hold the brush so"; "set up the pieces thus"; (`thusly' is a nonstandard variant) ;