"incense tree" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: incense trees [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} incense tree (plural incense trees)
  1. Any of several balsamic trees of the genus Bursera (or Icica, now Protium), mostly tropical American, whose gum resin is used for incense.
    Sense id: en-incense_tree-en-noun-9RT3avbF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Malpighiales order plants, Sapindales order plants Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 69 31 Disambiguation of Malpighiales order plants: 48 52 Disambiguation of Sapindales order plants: 69 31
  2. (Jamaica) Chrysobalanus icaco, a tree related to the plums. Tags: Jamaica
    Sense id: en-incense_tree-en-noun-0TnAFETl Categories (other): Jamaican English, Malpighiales order plants Disambiguation of Malpighiales order plants: 48 52

Inflected forms

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