单词 | incense tree |
释义 | incense tree (once / 492472 pages) n WORD FAMILY incense tree: incense trees USAGE EXAMPLESThey hunt incense trees, which are prized for their fragrant resin. Time(Apr 14, 2016) The commercial harvesting of incense trees ended in the territory more than a century ago. Economist(Feb 18, 2016) The Indian tree of life was supposed to "sweat" amrita just as the incense trees of Arabia produce the divine life-giving incense. Smith, G. Elliot, The Evolution of the Dragon(2010) n any of various tropical trees of the family Burseraceae yielding fragrant gums or resins that are burned as incense Hypo|Hyper 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-limbotropical American tree yielding a reddish resin used in cements and varnishes Boswellia carteritree yielding an aromatic gum resin burned as incense Boswellia serrata, salaiEast Indian tree yielding a resin used medicinally and burned as incense Commiphora meccanensis, balm of gileadsmall evergreen tree of Africa and Asia; leaves have a strong aromatic odor when bruised Commiphora myrrha, myrrh treetree of eastern Africa and Asia yielding myrrh Protium heptaphyllumtropical American tree Protium guianensetropical American tree tree a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms |
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