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

Example Sentences

Clytia was metamorphosed into the sun-flower, and Leucotho�, who was buried alive by her father for yielding to the solicitations of Apollo, was by her lover changed into an incense tree.

From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Camões, Luís de

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 Saunders, William