GENUS BOSWELLIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Boswellia mean? 

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

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

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

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• GENUS BOSWELLIA (noun)

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Meaning:

Genus of trees of North Africa and India that yield incense

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Boswellia; genus Boswellia

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus 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 ("genus Boswellia" is a member of...):

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