BULNESIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bulnesia mean? 

• BULNESIA (noun)
  The noun BULNESIA has 1 sense:

1. palo santo

  Familiarity information: BULNESIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BULNESIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Palo santo

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Bulnesia; genus Bulnesia

Hypernyms ("Bulnesia" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Bulnesia"):

Bulnesia sarmienti; palo santo (South American tree of dry interior regions of Argentina and Paraguay having resinous heartwood used for incense)

Holonyms ("Bulnesia" is a member of...):

bean-caper family; family Zygophyllaceae; Zygophyllaceae (small trees, shrubs, and herbs of warm arid and saline regions; often resinous; some poisonous: genera Zygophyllum, Tribulus, Guaiacum, Larrea)

 Context examples 

The essential oil extracted from the heartwood of Bulnesia sarmientoi.

(Bulnesia sarmientoi Wood Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

Bulnesia sarmientoi wood oil is used for its aromatic properties.

(Bulnesia sarmientoi Wood Oil, NCI Thesaurus)