incense tree
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1. any of various tropical trees of the family Burseraceae yielding fragrant gums or resins that are burned as incense (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | tree, |
| definition | : | a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | bursera microphylla, elephant tree, |
| definition | : | small tree or shrub of the southwestern United States having a spicy odor and odd-pinnate leaves and small clusters of white flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | bursera simaruba, gumbo-limbo, |
| definition | : | tropical American tree yielding a reddish resin used in cements and varnishes (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | boswellia carteri, |
| definition | : | tree yielding an aromatic gum resin burned as incense (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | boswellia serrata, salai, |
| definition | : | East Indian tree yielding a resin used medicinally and burned as incense (noun.plant) |
| substance holonym | : | elemi, gum elemi, |
| definition | : | fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense (noun.plant) |
| substance holonym | : | incense wood, |
| definition | : | fragrant wood of two incense trees of the genus Protium (noun.plant) |
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