Tolu tree Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun medium-sized tropical American tree yielding tolu balsam and a fragrant hard wood used for high-grade furniture and cabinetwork
Myroxylon toluiferum; Myroxylon balsamum; tolu balsam tree.
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(Bot.) , a large tree (Myroxylon toluiferum ), the wood of which is red in the center, and has an aromatic rose odor. It affords the balsam called tolu.
