| Webster's Online Dictionary |
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| Noun | 1. Type genus of Burseraceae; tropical and subtropical American shrubs and trees some yielding timber and gum elemi.[Wordnet]. | |
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"Bursera" is a common misspelling or typo for: Burusera. |
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Date "Bursera" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1970. (references) |
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| Bursera graveolens | Bursera graveolens, known in Spanish as palo santo ("holy wood") is a tree that inhabits the South American Gran Chaco region (northern Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia and the Brazilian Mato Grosso). It is related to the frankincense tree (genus Boswellia). (references) | ||
| Bursera microphylla | Small tree or shrub of the southwestern United States having a spicy odor and odd-pinnate leaves and small clusters of white flowers. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Bursera simaruba | Tropical American tree yielding a reddish resin used in cements and varnishes. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Genus Bursera | Type genus of Burseraceae; tropical and subtropical American shrubs and trees some yielding timber and gum elemi. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
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| Bursera simaruba | Botanical | Tea is made from the leaves. This may be used to treat venereal diseases and obesity. The gum is used to mend dishes and to caulk dugouts, preventing worm damage. The Choco say that a decoction of the bark applied to the body three times and not washed for a week is depilatory (!). Experiments to prove this failed (!). Some say that this only works when applied before puberty (!). The resin is used to treat wounds, to apply to the navel of the newly born, and to bring boils to a head. Water put in a piece of the wood is used the following day to cure renal afflictions (!). Among the Maje Choco, cuts are washed with an infusion of the bark and then ashes of the bark are applied to the wound. The tree is often used as a living fence post (!). Wood of this and related species is supposed to burn green. (references) | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: Bursera | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Bursera simaruba | 13 | Bursera aromatica | 4 | |
| Bursera graveolens | 8 | Bursera graveolens | 8 | |
| Bursera microphylla | 5 | Bursera hollickii | 4 | |
| Bursera malacophylla | 4 | Bursera lunanii | 4 | |
| Bursera tonkinensis | 4 | Bursera malacophylla | 4 | |
| Bursera hollickii | 4 | Bursera microphylla | 5 | |
| Bursera aromatica | 4 | Bursera simaruba | 13 | |
| Bursera lunanii | 4 | Bursera tonkinensis | 4 | |
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Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
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