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Webster 1913 Edition
Myroxylon
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My-rox′y-lon
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rop.
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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