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Genus of incense-yielding trees of North Africa and India
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boswellia
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Boswellia \Boswellia\ n. a genus of incense-yielding trees of North Africa and India. Syn: genus Boswellia .
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Boswellia is a genus of trees in the order Sapindales , known for their fragrant resin which has many pharmacological uses, particularly as anti-inflammatories . The Biblical incense frankincense was an extract from the resin of the tree Boswellia sacra ...
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Frankincense comes from the Boswellia tree, which grows in the highlands of northeastern Somalia.