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