Noun
genus of tropical American timber trees
Source: WordNetThe Amber Forest: A Reconstruction of a Vanished World, (Princeton University Press) ISBN 0-691-02888-5 Resin from the extinct species Hymenaea protera is the source of Dominican amber and probably of most amber found in the tropics. Source: Internet
The African and American ( Colombia ) copals from Leguminosae trees family (genus Hymenaea ). Source: Internet