TOLU

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tolu mean? 

• TOLU (noun)
  The noun TOLU has 1 sense:

1. aromatic yellowish brown balsam from the tolu balsam tree used especially in cough syrups

  Familiarity information: TOLU used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TOLU (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Aromatic yellowish brown balsam from the tolu balsam tree used especially in cough syrups

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

balsam of tolu; tolu; tolu balsam

Hypernyms ("tolu" is a kind of...):

balsam (any of various fragrant oleoresins used in medicines and perfumes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tolu"):

balsam of Peru (dark brown syrupy balsam from the Peruvian balsam tree used especially in dressing wounds and treating certain skin diseases)

Holonyms ("tolu" is a substance of...):

Myroxylon balsamum; Myroxylon toluiferum; tolu balsam tree; tolu tree (medium-sized tropical American tree yielding tolu balsam and a fragrant hard wood used for high-grade furniture and cabinetwork)