HyperDic: genus_bursera

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Bursera:
NOUNplantgenus Bursera, Burseratype genus of Burseraceae
English > genus Bursera: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningtype genus of Burseraceae; tropical and subtropical American shrubs and trees some yielding timber and gum elemi.
SynonymBursera
Member ofBurseraceae, family Burseraceae, torchwood familyresinous or aromatic chiefly tropical shrubs or trees
Memberselephant tree, Bursera microphyllasmall 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 simarubaTropical American tree yielding a reddish resin used in cements and varnishes
Broaderrosid dicot genusA genus of dicotyledonous plants
Spanishbursera, genus bursera
Catalanbursera, genus bursera

©2001-24 · HyperDic hyper-dictionary · Contact

English | Spanish | Catalan
Privacy | Robots

Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict