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GENUS BOSWELLIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Genus of trees of North Africa and India that yield incense

Synonyms:

Boswellia; genus Boswellia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Boswellia" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Boswellia"):

Boswellia carteri (tree yielding an aromatic gum resin burned as incense)

Boswellia serrata; salai (East Indian tree yielding a resin used medicinally and burned as incense)

Holonyms ("genus Boswellia" is a member of...):

Burseraceae; family Burseraceae; torchwood family (resinous or aromatic chiefly tropical shrubs or trees)

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