ˌin(t)sēˈen(t)(ˌ)sō noun
( -s )
Etymology: American Spanish, from Spanish, incense, from Latin incensum — more at incense
: a shrubby encelia ( Encelia farinosa ) of rocky desert uplands of the southwestern United States 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