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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A desert shrub (Encelia farinosa) producing a resin that emits a fragrant odor when burned. uncountable
2. 2
   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 wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

brittle bushbrittlebushbrittlebushencelia farinosa

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish incienso. Doublet of incense.

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