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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tolu \To*lu"\, n.
A fragrant balsam said to have been first brought from
Santiago de Tolu, in New Granada. See {Balsam of Tolu}, under
{Balsam}.
{Tolu tree} (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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
tolu
n 1: an aromatic balsam
2: aromatic yellowish brown balsam from the tolu balsam tree
used especially in cough syrups [syn: {balsam of tolu}, {tolu
balsam}]
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