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    TOLU BALSAM TREE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Medium-sized tropical American tree yielding tolu balsam and a fragrant hard wood used for high-grade furniture and cabinetworkplay

    Synonyms:

    Myroxylon balsamum; Myroxylon toluiferum; tolu balsam tree; tolu tree

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    Nouns denoting plants

    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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