bursera

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1. type genus of Burseraceae; tropical and subtropical American shrubs and trees some yielding timber and gum elemi (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	rosid dicot genus,
definition	:	a genus of dicotyledonous plants (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	bursera microphylla, elephant tree,
definition	:	small tree or shrub of the southwestern United States having a spicy odor and odd-pinnate leaves and small clusters of white flowers (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	bursera simaruba, gumbo-limbo,
definition	:	tropical American tree yielding a reddish resin used in cements and varnishes (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	burseraceae, family burseraceae, torchwood family,
definition	:	resinous or aromatic chiefly tropical shrubs or trees (noun.plant)