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BURSERA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Type genus of Burseraceae; tropical and subtropical American shrubs and trees some yielding timber and gum elemi
Synonyms:
Bursera; genus Bursera
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Bursera" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "Bursera"):
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)
Holonyms ("Bursera" is a member of...):
Burseraceae; family Burseraceae; torchwood family (resinous or aromatic chiefly tropical shrubs or trees)
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