Incienso (Noun)
Meaning
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.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The desert landscape was dotted with small shrubs of incienso, their yellow flowers blooming brightly in the sunlight.
- The resin extracted from the incienso plant has been used for centuries in traditional medicine to treat a variety of ailments.
- In the southwestern United States, incienso is a common sight in the desert, its blue-green leaves and brittle stems a familiar feature of the landscape.
- The fragrance of incienso wafted through the air, its sweet scent a pleasant surprise in the arid desert environment.
- The incienso plant is highly valued for its resin, which is used to make incense, varnish, and other products.