palo santo
noun
pa·lo san·to
ˌpalōˈsanˌtō,
ˌpälōˈsän-
: any of several South American trees esteemed locally for medicinal or other special properties
especially : a tree (Bulnesia sarmienti) of the family Zygophyllaceae occurring in dry interior regions of Argentina and Paraguay and having a resinous heartwood used for incense see guaiac wood
Word History
Etymology
American Spanish, literally, holy tree
- pyrenolichen
- Pyrenolichenes
- Pyrenomycetales
- pyrenomycete
- Pyrenomycetes
- pyrenomyceteses
- pyrenomycetesses
- pyrenomycetous
- Pyrenopeziza
- pyres
- pyret-
- pyrethra
- pyrethrin
- pyrethrins
- pyrethroid
- pyrethroids
- pyrethrolone
- pyrethrum
- pyrethrum yellow
- pyrethrums
- pyretic
- pyreticcer
- pyreticcest
- pyreticer
- pyreticest