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TOLU TREE

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

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

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("tolu 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 tree"):

balsam of tolu; tolu; tolu balsam (aromatic yellowish brown balsam from the tolu balsam tree used especially in cough syrups)

Holonyms ("tolu tree" is a member of...):

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

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