| / English Dictionary |
GENUS BURSERA
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
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 ("genus Bursera" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus 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 ("genus Bursera" is a member of...):
Burseraceae; family Burseraceae; torchwood family (resinous or aromatic chiefly tropical shrubs or trees)
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
