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Definition of Incienso
1. Noun. Fragrant rounded shrub of southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico having brittle stems and small crowded blue-green leaves and yellow flowers; produces a resin used in incense and varnish and in folk medicine.
Generic synonyms: Wild Flower, Wildflower
Group relationships: Encelia, Genus Encelia
Definition of Incienso
1. Noun. A desert shrub producing a resin that when burned emits a fragrant odor. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Incienso
Literary usage of Incienso
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Neuman and Baretti's Dictionary of the Spanish and English Languages by Henry Neuman, Giuseppe Baretti (1851)
"incienso hembra^ Impure frankincense, that which is obtained by incision.
incienso macho, Pure frankincense, that which flows from the trees spon taneously. ..."
2. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New by Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland (1822)
"The Creoles call it incense, incienso *. It's tough and cre- nate leaves, ...
The people sometimes mix the incienso of the Silla with the flowers of the ..."
3. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During by Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland, Thomasina Ross (1872)
"The Creoles call it incense (incienso).J Its tough and crenate leaves, ...
The people sometimes mi* the incienso of the Silla with the flowers of ..."
4. Chile at the Pan-American Exposition: Brief Notes on Chile and General by Chile (1901)
"incienso " mine, Coquimbo. No. 2008—Chalcocite. " Descubridora " mine, Morado,
Copiapó. No. 2009—Malachite and atacamite. "Tres Gracias" mine, Chañaral, ..."
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