Library / English Dictionary

BULNESIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Palo santo

Synonyms:

Bulnesia; genus Bulnesia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Bulnesia" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Bulnesia"):

Bulnesia sarmienti; palo santo (South American tree of dry interior regions of Argentina and Paraguay having resinous heartwood used for incense)

Holonyms ("Bulnesia" is a member of...):

bean-caper family; family Zygophyllaceae; Zygophyllaceae (small trees, shrubs, and herbs of warm arid and saline regions; often resinous; some poisonous: genera Zygophyllum, Tribulus, Guaiacum, Larrea)

Credits