Burseraceae

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a natural family of resinous or aromatic chiefly tropical shrubs or trees.

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Burseraceae - resinous or aromatic chiefly tropical shrubs or trees family Burseraceae, torchwood family rosid dicot family - a family of dicotyledonous plants Geraniales, order Geraniales - an order of plants of subclass Rosidae including geraniums and many other plants; see Euphorbiaceae; Geraniaceae; Rutaceae; Malpighiaceae; Simaroubaceae; Meliaceae; Zygophyllaceae; Tropaeolaceae incense tree - any of various tropical trees of the family Burseraceae yielding fragrant gums or resins that are burned as incense Bursera, genus Bursera - type genus of Burseraceae; tropical and subtropical American shrubs and trees some yielding timber and gum elemi Boswellia, genus Boswellia - genus of trees of North Africa and India that yield incense Commiphora, genus Commiphora - genus of East Indian and African trees yielding balsamic products genus Protium, Protium - genus of chiefly tropical American trees having fragrant wood and yielding gum elemi