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    MYROXYLON PEREIRAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Tree of South and Central America yielding an aromatic balsamplay

    Synonyms:

    Myroxylon balsamum pereirae; Myroxylon pereirae; Peruvian balsam

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    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Myroxylon pereirae" 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 "Myroxylon pereirae"):

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

    Holonyms ("Myroxylon pereirae" is a member of...):

    genus Myroxylon; Myroxylon (a genus of tropical American trees having pinnate leaves and white flowers)

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