incense tree

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incense tree - any of various tropical trees of the family Burseraceae yielding fragrant gums or resins that are burned as incense Burseraceae, family Burseraceae, torchwood family - resinous or aromatic chiefly tropical shrubs or trees elemi, gum elemi - fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense Bursera microphylla, elephant tree - small tree or shrub of the southwestern United States having a spicy odor and odd-pinnate leaves and small clusters of white flowers Bursera simaruba, gumbo-limbo - tropical American tree yielding a reddish resin used in cements and varnishes 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 Commiphora meccanensis, balm of gilead - small evergreen tree of Africa and Asia; leaves have a strong aromatic odor when bruised Commiphora myrrha, myrrh tree - tree of eastern Africa and Asia yielding myrrh Protium heptaphyllum - tropical American tree Protium guianense - tropical American tree incense wood - fragrant wood of two incense trees of the genus Protium tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms