incienso

noun

in·​ci·​en·​so

ˌin(t)sēˈen(t)(ˌ)sō

plural -s

: a shrubby encelia (Encelia farinosa) of rocky desert uplands of the southwestern U.S. and adjacent Mexico that has grayish green to almost white tomentose foliage and showy cymes of yellow flowers and that produces a resin that has been used as incense, in folk medicine, and in varnish

Word History

Etymology

American Spanish, from Spanish, incense, from Latin incensum

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