salai

Other forms: salais

Definitions of salai
  1. noun
    East Indian tree yielding a resin used medicinally and burned as incense
    synonyms: Boswellia serrata
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    type of:
    incense tree
    any of various tropical trees of the family Burseraceae yielding fragrant gums or resins that are burned as incense
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