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Definition of Genus Bursera
1. Noun. Type genus of Burseraceae; tropical and subtropical American shrubs and trees some yielding timber and gum elemi.
Exact synonyms: Bursera
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Burseraceae, Family Burseraceae, Torchwood Family
Member holonyms: Bursera Microphylla, Elephant Tree, Bursera Simaruba, Gumbo-limbo
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Burseraceae, Family Burseraceae, Torchwood Family
Member holonyms: Bursera Microphylla, Elephant Tree, Bursera Simaruba, Gumbo-limbo
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Bursera
Literary usage of Genus Bursera
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London by Linnean Society of London (1827)
"... which Lamarck introduced into the genus Bursera, with the specific name of
obtusifolia*; and which his continuator Poiret in one place remarks to have ..."
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