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    GENUS BOSWELLIA

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Genus of trees of North Africa and India that yield incenseplay

    Synonyms:

    Boswellia; genus Boswellia

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    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)

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