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BOSWELLIA CARTERI
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Boswellia carteri mean?
• BOSWELLIA CARTERI (noun)
The noun BOSWELLIA CARTERI has 1 sense:
1. tree yielding an aromatic gum resin burned as incense
Familiarity information: BOSWELLIA CARTERI used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tree yielding an aromatic gum resin burned as incense
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("Boswellia carteri" is a kind of...):
incense tree (any of various tropical trees of the family Burseraceae yielding fragrant gums or resins that are burned as incense)
Holonyms ("Boswellia carteri" is a member of...):
Boswellia; genus Boswellia (genus of trees of North Africa and India that yield incense)
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