BOSWELLIA SERRATA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Boswellia serrata mean? 

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

1. East Indian tree yielding a resin used medicinally and burned as incense

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOSWELLIA SERRATA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

East Indian tree yielding a resin used medicinally and burned as incense

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Boswellia serrata; salai

Hypernyms ("Boswellia serrata" 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 serrata" is a member of...):

Boswellia; genus Boswellia (genus of trees of North Africa and India that yield incense)

 Context examples 

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

(Boswellia serrata Extract, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called Boswellia serrata.

(Frankincense tree, NCI Dictionary)

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

(Boswellia serrata Extract, NCI Thesaurus)