balsam of Tolu
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Tweet n. The resin of a tree (Myroxylon balsamum) in the pea family found from Mexico to Argentina, used especially in the manufacture of perfumes and medicinally as a basis for cough preparations. [After Tolú, a seaport of northwest Colombia.] |
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