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    BURSERA SIMARUBA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Tropical American tree yielding a reddish resin used in cements and varnishesplay

    Synonyms:

    Bursera simaruba; gumbo-limbo

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    Nouns denoting plants

    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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