NOUN | plant | Bursera, genus Bursera | type genus of Burseraceae |
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Meaning | type genus of Burseraceae; tropical and subtropical American shrubs and trees some yielding timber and gum elemi. | |
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Synonym | genus Bursera | |
Member of | Burseraceae, family Burseraceae, torchwood family | resinous or aromatic chiefly tropical shrubs or trees |
Members | elephant tree, Bursera microphylla | small tree or shrub of the southwestern United States having a spicy odor and odd-pinnate leaves and small clusters of white flowers |
gumbo-limbo, Bursera simaruba | Tropical American tree yielding a reddish resin used in cements and varnishes | |
Broader | rosid dicot genus | A genus of dicotyledonous plants |
Spanish | bursera, genus bursera | |
Catalan | bursera, genus bursera |
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