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BURSERA SIMARUBA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Bursera simaruba mean?
• BURSERA SIMARUBA (noun)
The noun BURSERA SIMARUBA has 1 sense:
1. tropical American tree yielding a reddish resin used in cements and varnishes
Familiarity information: BURSERA SIMARUBA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical American tree yielding a reddish resin used in cements and varnishes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Bursera simaruba; gumbo-limbo
Hypernyms ("Bursera simaruba" 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 ("Bursera simaruba" is a member of...):
Bursera; genus Bursera (type genus of Burseraceae; tropical and subtropical American shrubs and trees some yielding timber and gum elemi)
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