MYROXYLON BALSAMUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Myroxylon balsamum mean? 

• MYROXYLON BALSAMUM (noun)
  The noun MYROXYLON BALSAMUM has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: MYROXYLON BALSAMUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MYROXYLON BALSAMUM (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 ("Myroxylon balsamum" 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 balsamum"):

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

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

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

 Context examples 

The essentail oil of Myroxylon balsamum.

(Balsam Peru Oil, NCI Thesaurus)