genus protium

English Thesaurus

1. genus of chiefly tropical American trees having fragrant wood and yielding gum elemi (noun.plant)

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

member holonym	:	protium heptaphyllum,
definition	:	tropical American tree (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	protium guianense,
definition	:	tropical American tree (noun.plant)

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