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TOLU BALSAM TREE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tolu balsam tree mean?
• TOLU BALSAM TREE (noun)
The noun TOLU BALSAM TREE has 1 sense:
1. medium-sized tropical American tree yielding tolu balsam and a fragrant hard wood used for high-grade furniture and cabinetwork
Familiarity information: TOLU BALSAM TREE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Medium-sized tropical American tree yielding tolu balsam and a fragrant hard wood used for high-grade furniture and cabinetwork
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Myroxylon balsamum; Myroxylon toluiferum; tolu balsam tree; tolu tree
Hypernyms ("tolu balsam tree" is a kind of...):
tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)
Meronyms (substance of "tolu balsam tree"):
balsam of tolu; tolu; tolu balsam (aromatic yellowish brown balsam from the tolu balsam tree used especially in cough syrups)
Holonyms ("tolu balsam tree" is a member of...):
genus Myroxylon; Myroxylon (a genus of tropical American trees having pinnate leaves and white flowers)
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