genus boswellia

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1. genus of trees of North Africa and India that yield incense (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	rosid dicot genus,
definition	:	a genus of dicotyledonous plants (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	boswellia carteri,
definition	:	tree yielding an aromatic gum resin burned as incense (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	boswellia serrata, salai,
definition	:	East Indian tree yielding a resin used medicinally and burned as incense (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	burseraceae, family burseraceae, torchwood family,
definition	:	resinous or aromatic chiefly tropical shrubs or trees (noun.plant)