noun
medium-sized tropical American tree yielding tolu balsam and a fragrant hard wood used for high-grade furniture and cabinetwork
• Syn: ↑tolu balsam tree, ↑Myroxylon balsamum, ↑Myroxylon toluiferum
• Hypernyms: ↑tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Myroxylon, ↑genus Myroxylon
• Substance Meronyms: ↑tolu, ↑balsam of tolu, ↑tolu balsam
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noun : a widely distributed usually medium-sized tropical American tree (Myroxylon balsamum) that yields balsam of Peru and balsam of Tolu and a fragrant durable rather hard showily figured yellowish to reddish or purplish wood which takes a fine polish and is used for high-grade furniture and cabinetwork
Useful english dictionary. 2012.