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Boswellia

noun

genus of trees of North Africa and India that yield incense

• Syn: ↑genus Boswellia

• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Burseraceae, ↑family Burseraceae, ↑torchwood family

• Member Meronyms: ↑Boswellia carteri, ↑salai, ↑Boswellia serrata

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\\bäzˈwelēə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, perhaps from James Boswell died 1795 + New Latin -ia

: an important genus of incense-yielding trees (family Burseraceae) of northern Africa and India having triangular 3-celled fruit with winged seeds — see frankincense, salai

Useful english dictionary. 2012.