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tolu


  2  definitions  found 
 
  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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