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salai

salai

9.9
A tree from India that produces a resin used as incense and medicine
  • noun
  • Indian
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  • During the ceremony, they burned salai incense to create a calming atmosphere.

Examples

  • The resin from the salai tree is often used in traditional medicine for its healing properties.

  • The salai tree is known for its aromatic resin, which is popular in Ayurvedic treatments.

  • Over the month of November, this blog will have a lot more activity than I’ve managed on my own—this past month, especially (I still owe you guys a piece on Salacious Salai!), and will have a lot more juice and variety than just my voice.

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Synonyms

Boswellia serrata
vssalai
  • Specialized
9.9

A tree from India that makes a fragrant resin used as medicine and incense

is the everyday name rather than the formal scientific name
Boswellia
vssalai
  • Specialized
9.9

A group of trees that make frankincense resin used as incense

is a single species within that broader genus

Surface Forms

salai singular
salais plural

Etymology

Salai comes from India and is the local name in Hindi and Sanskrit for a tree that gives a fragrant resin used as incense and medicine. A helpful way to remember it is to imagine the sweet smoke of salai in a prayer ceremony, because today salai means that tree or its resin.