incense tree

American  

noun

1. any of various trees, as Boswellia carteri or those of the genus Protium, yielding an aromatic gum resin that is burned as incense.

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Etymology

Origin of incense tree

First recorded in 1580–90

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incense tree

Icica heptaphylla.—The incense tree of Guiana, a tall-growing tree, furnishing wood of great durability.

From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by William Saunders

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