GENUS BULNESIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Bulnesia mean? 

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

1. palo santo

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS BULNESIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Palo santo

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Bulnesia; genus Bulnesia

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Bulnesia"):

Bulnesia sarmienti; palo santo (South American tree of dry interior regions of Argentina and Paraguay having resinous heartwood used for incense)

Holonyms ("genus Bulnesia" is a member of...):

bean-caper family; family Zygophyllaceae; Zygophyllaceae (small trees, shrubs, and herbs of warm arid and saline regions; often resinous; some poisonous: genera Zygophyllum, Tribulus, Guaiacum, Larrea)