tolu

tolu
/taw looh", teuh-/, n.
1. Also called tolu balsam, balsam of tolu, tolu resin. a fragrant, yellowish-brown balsam or resin obtained from a South American leguminous tree, Myroxylon balsamum, and used in medicine as a stomachic and expectorant, and in perfumery.
2. the tree itself.
[1665-75; after Tolú (now Santiago de Tolú) in Colombia, where balsam is obtained]

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