genus boswellia

1. 1.

   genus of trees of North Africa and India that yield incense

   SynonymsBoswellia

   Broaderrosid dicot genus

   Part ofBurseraceae

Questions about genus boswellia

What does genus boswellia mean?

genus boswellia means "genus of trees of North Africa and India that yield incense".

What is another word for genus boswellia?

Close synonyms include Boswellia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus boswellia a common word?

genus boswellia is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.