family burseraceae

Noun
  1. Resinous or aromatic chiefly tropical shrubs or trees (synset 112711149)
    is a type of: rosid dicot family - a family of dicotyledonous plants
    member holonym:
    • 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
    belongs to: 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
    same as: burseraceae, torchwood family

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