"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. Categories (lifeform): Malpighiales order plants, Sapindales order plants
    Sense id: en-incense_tree-en-noun-9RT3avbF Disambiguation of Malpighiales order plants: 73 27 Disambiguation of Sapindales order plants: 70 30 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 81 19 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 76 24
  2. (Jamaica) Chrysobalanus icaco, a tree related to the plums. Tags: Jamaica
    Sense id: en-incense_tree-en-noun-0TnAFETl Categories (other): Jamaican English

Inflected forms

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