Definition of Commiphora

1. Noun. Genus of East Indian and African trees yielding balsamic products.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Commiphora

Comines
Cominetto
Comino
Comintern
Command key
Commander Islands
Commandment
Commandments
Commelinaceae
Commelinales
Commelinidae
Commerce Department
Commerce Secretary
Commie
Commies
Commiphora (current term)
Commiphora meccanensis
Commiphora myrrha
Commissaire Maigret
Commission on Human Rights
Commission on Narcotic Drugs
Commission on the Status of Women
Committee for State Security
Commodore John Barry Bridge
Commodore Perry
Commodore Vanderbilt
Common Celtic
Common Era
Common Gateway Interface
Common Gateway Interfaces

Literary usage of Commiphora

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1897)
"Commiphora Abyssinica (No. 1700, Schweinfurth).—Erythraea. Neither fruit, bark, nor leaves have any bitterness or aroma. 2. C. Schimperi (No. ..."

2. The Timber Trees, Timber and Fancy Woods, as Also, the Forests, of India and by Edward Balfour (1870)
"Anogeissus latif'olius, Wall.., svn. of Conocarpus. Amyris commiphora. ... Amyris commiphora, Rt>.rb., syn. of Commiphora ..."

3. Report by Dr. M.C. Cooke, on the Gums, Resins, Oleo-resins, and Resinous by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke (1874)
"Balsamodendron Roxburghii, Arn. Amyris. commiphora. ... then at Madras, specimens of the fluid gum obtained from the Amyris commiphora, collected at ..."

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