(n)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, Syn.incienso, Encelia farinosa, brittle bush
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n. 1. fragrant rounded shrub of SW US 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. Syn. -- brittle bush, incienso, Encelia farinosa. [ WordNet 1.5 ]