tolu
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.
the tree itself.
Origin of tolu
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How to use tolu in a sentence
Its medicinal qualities are intermediate to those of the aromatic turpentines and balsam of tolu.
The Chinese josticks are of a similar composition, but contain no tolu.
The Art of Perfumery | G. W. Septimus PiesseStorax and tolu are used in perfumery in the same way as benzoin, namely, by solution in spirit as a tincture.
The Art of Perfumery | G. W. Septimus PiesseAn Achena offered tolu five hundred francs to kill the head of the Stacca family.
Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) | Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesarescotolu not only refused, he did not rest till he had brought about a reconciliation between the two houses.
Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) | Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco
British Dictionary definitions for tolu
/ (tɒˈluː) /
an aromatic balsam obtained from a South American tree, Myroxylon balsamum: See balsam (def. 1)
Origin of tolu
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