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SALAI
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
East Indian tree yielding a resin used medicinally and burned as incense
Synonyms:
Boswellia serrata; salai
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("salai" is a kind of...):
incense tree (any of various tropical trees of the family Burseraceae yielding fragrant gums or resins that are burned as incense)
Holonyms ("salai" is a member of...):
Boswellia; genus Boswellia (genus of trees of North Africa and India that yield incense)