The name of this spice important in Asian incense can also refer to a small piece of garlic
[DOC] [TLE] A Brief History of Spices [PAR] The upper classes in Egypt also fumigated their homes with incense to ward off 
the foul .... Another important reference to the use of spices in the Bible is found in 
II ... than a hundred medicinal plants, among them the spice cassia under the 
name of ... By the 6th century BC onions, garlic, and shallots had become popular
... [DOC] [TLE] Spice Pages: Cloves (Syzygium aromaticum) [PAR] Informative article about the spice Cloves, its botany, chemistry, history and cross
-cultural culinary usage.