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Definition of Tolu balsam tree
1. Noun. Medium-sized tropical American tree yielding tolu balsam and a fragrant hard wood used for high-grade furniture and cabinetwork.
Group relationships: Genus Myroxylon, Myroxylon
Terms within: Balsam Of Tolu, Tolu, Tolu Balsam
Generic synonyms: Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tolu Balsam Tree
Literary usage of Tolu balsam tree
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chemistry and Analysis of Drugs and Medicines by Henry Corbin Fuller (1920)
"It would seem as if Kraemer's description of the tolu balsam tree nw nearly
corresponded with the tree which Hale found yielding Peru Adulterants. ..."
2. Tropical Agriculture: The Climate, Soils, Cultural Methods, Crops, Live by Earley Vernon Wilcox (1916)
"... and the bark wood reddish-brown. The wood is extremely hard and has been used
for various purposes as timber. • TOLU BALSAM The tolu balsam tree (M. ..."
3. Tropical Agriculture: The Climate, Soils, Cultural Methods, Crops, Live by Earley Vernon Wilcox (1916)
"... and the bark wood reddish-brown. The wood is extremely hard and has been used
for various purposes as timber. TOLU BALSAM The tolu balsam tree (M. ..."
4. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"Tolu-balsam tree (Prof. Baillon believes that both Peru-balsam and Tolu-balsam
are products of this species, obtained by different processes). ..."
5. Henderson's Handbook of Plants and General Horticulture by Peter Henderson (1904)
"They are all from South America, and closely allied to Myroxylon, and are mainly
interesting for the drugs they furnish. Myro'xylon. tolu balsam tree. ..."
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