BURSERA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bursera mean? 

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

1. type genus of Burseraceae; tropical and subtropical American shrubs and trees some yielding timber and gum elemi

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BURSERA (noun)

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Meaning:

Type genus of Burseraceae; tropical and subtropical American shrubs and trees some yielding timber and gum elemi

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Bursera; genus Bursera

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Bursera"):

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)

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

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