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TORCHWOOD FAMILY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Resinous or aromatic chiefly tropical shrubs or trees
Synonyms:
Burseraceae; family Burseraceae; torchwood family
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("torchwood family" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot family (a family of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "torchwood family"):
incense tree (any of various tropical trees of the family Burseraceae yielding fragrant gums or resins that are burned as incense)
Bursera; genus Bursera (type genus of Burseraceae; tropical and subtropical American shrubs and trees some yielding timber and gum elemi)
Boswellia; genus Boswellia (genus of trees of North Africa and India that yield incense)
Commiphora; genus Commiphora (genus of East Indian and African trees yielding balsamic products)
genus Protium; Protium (genus of chiefly tropical American trees having fragrant wood and yielding gum elemi)
Holonyms ("torchwood family" is a member of...):
Geraniales; order Geraniales (an order of plants of subclass Rosidae including geraniums and many other plants; see Euphorbiaceae; Geraniaceae; Rutaceae; Malpighiaceae; Simaroubaceae; Meliaceae; Zygophyllaceae; Tropaeolaceae)
