incense tree

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incense tree - any of various tropical trees of the family Burseraceae yielding fragrant gums or resins that are burned as incense

Burseraceae, family Burseraceae, torchwood family - resinous or aromatic chiefly tropical shrubs or trees

elemi, gum elemi - fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense

Bursera microphylla, elephant tree - small tree or shrub of the southwestern United States having a spicy odor and odd-pinnate leaves and small clusters of white flowers

Bursera simaruba, gumbo-limbo - tropical American tree yielding a reddish resin used in cements and varnishes

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

Commiphora meccanensis, balm of gilead - small evergreen tree of Africa and Asia; leaves have a strong aromatic odor when bruised

Commiphora myrrha, myrrh tree - tree of eastern Africa and Asia yielding myrrh

Protium heptaphyllum - tropical American tree

Protium guianense - tropical American tree

incense wood - fragrant wood of two incense trees of the genus Protium

tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

References in periodicals archive ?

Sweetgum, sap gum, red gum, alligator-tree, alligator wood, hazel pine, incense tree, liquidambar, satin walnut and star-leaved gum

A new home: while plywood has largely replaced sweetgum in the furniture market it once enjoyed, a new application awaits

Because of the geographic focus of the volume, the selection of species is a bit of a mixed bag, including common species, species of secondary forest, but also a few that are becoming relatively uncommon, such as the gaharu incense tree Aquilaria malaccensis.

Paul J. A. Kessler and Kade Sidiyasa, Pohon-pohon Hutan Kalimantan Timur. Pedoman mengenal 280 jenis pohon pilihan di daerah Balikpapan-Samarinda

him, and the tree is an incense tree, and finches and sparrows

I Become a Disciple, But Only in My Own Mind

The tree is known by a wide variety of names, among them alligator-tree and alligator wood (probably a reference to the warty knobs on the tree's bark), incense tree and liquidambar.