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Definition of Myroxylon
1. Noun. A genus of tropical American trees having pinnate leaves and white flowers.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Papilionoideae, Subfamily Papilionoideae
Member holonyms: Myroxylon Balsamum, Myroxylon Toluiferum, Tolu Balsam Tree, Tolu Tree, Myroxylon Balsamum Pereirae, Myroxylon Pereirae, Peruvian Balsam
Definition of Myroxylon
1. n. A genus of leguminous trees of tropical America, the different species of which yield balsamic products, among which are balsam of Peru, and balsam of Tolu. The species were formerly referred to Myrospermum.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Myroxylon
Literary usage of Myroxylon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Technologist (1862)
"Fruit of myroxylon. 3. Transverse Section of Ditto, showing seed and Balsam cells
on either side. 2. Longitudinal Section of Ditto. 4. ..."
2. Pharmaceutical Journal by Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1851)
"Ruiz says that the plant which he describes is called, in the unpublished portion
of the Flora Peruviana (the joint work of himself and Pavón) myroxylon ..."
3. An Illustration of the Genus Cinchona: Comprising Descriptions of All the by Aylmer Bourke Lambert, Alexander von Humboldt, Charles Jean Laubert, Hipólito Ruiz (1821)
"My observations lead me to think that those three genera ought to be placed under
one only, that of myroxylon, on account of its being the most known and ..."
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