hyawa
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Noun
hyawa (countable and uncountable, plural hyawas)
- Protium heptaphyllum, one of many species known as incense tree.
- The aromatic gum of this tree.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:hyawa.
Synonyms
- (Protium heptaphyllum): bastard cedar, tacamahaca, conima
Hyponyms
- (gum): elemi
Further reading
Protium (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Protium heptaphyllum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies - Protium Heptaphyllum at Discoverlife
- Protium heptaphyllum at The Plant List
- See the entry on p.984 of the "Official and Descriptive Catalogue of the Great Exhibition" concerning transverse and vertical sections of the wood from the River Berbice in Guyana. The abbreviation Aubl. refers to the French botanist J B C F Aublet, 1720-1778, the author of a major work on the botany of Guyana with 400-odd copperplate engravings.
- An entry for "incense tree" in the Shorter OED (1983) confirming the Latin name of the tree which is indistinct in the photograpic image of the "Catalogue" page and garbled on the transcription page which also renders "sections" as "motions".
