BOSWELLIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Boswellia mean? 

• BOSWELLIA (noun)
  The noun BOSWELLIA has 1 sense:

1. genus of trees of North Africa and India that yield incense

  Familiarity information: BOSWELLIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOSWELLIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of trees of North Africa and India that yield incense

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Boswellia; genus Boswellia

Hypernyms ("Boswellia" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Boswellia"):

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)

Holonyms ("Boswellia" is a member of...):

Burseraceae; family Burseraceae; torchwood family (resinous or aromatic chiefly tropical shrubs or trees)

 Context examples 

The oil extracted from the resin of various Boswellia species.

(Indian Frankincense Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

Boswellia serrata extract contains terpenoid boswellic acids, which are potent inhibitors of 5-lipoxygenase activity and, so, leukotriene synthesis.

(Boswellia serrata Extract, NCI Thesaurus)

Boswellia extract tablets have been employed for asthma, arthritic conditions and ulcerative colitis and other chronic inflammatory diseases.

(Boswellia serrata, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called Boswellia serrata.

(Frankincense tree, NCI Dictionary)

A standardized extract derived from the plant Boswellia serrata of the family Burseraceae with anti-inflammatory activity.

(Boswellia serrata Extract, NCI Thesaurus)