PERUVIAN BALSAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Peruvian balsam mean? 

• PERUVIAN BALSAM (noun)
  The noun PERUVIAN BALSAM has 1 sense:

1. tree of South and Central America yielding an aromatic balsam

  Familiarity information: PERUVIAN BALSAM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERUVIAN BALSAM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tree of South and Central America yielding an aromatic balsam

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Myroxylon balsamum pereirae; Myroxylon pereirae; Peruvian balsam

Hypernyms ("Peruvian balsam" 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 "Peruvian balsam"):

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

Holonyms ("Peruvian balsam" is a member of...):

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