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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 cabinetworkplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


TOLU BALSAM TREE (noun)


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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