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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun 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.
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- noun aromatic yellowish brown balsam from the tolu balsam tree used especially in cough syrups
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Tolú, a seaport of northwest Colombia.]
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