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Myroxylon
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My-rox′y-lon
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Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr.
μύρον
a sweet juice distilling from a plant + ξύλον
wood.] (Bot.)
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
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Myroxylon
Myroxylon
Translingual
Proper noun
Myroxylon n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – a Central American tree that is the source of balsam of Peru.
- (obsolete) Xylosma
Hypernyms
- (genus in Fabaceae): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids I - clades; Fabales - order; Fabaceae - family; Faboideae - subfamily; Sophoreae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus in Fabaceae): Myroxylon peruiferum; for other species see
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