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tolu
[ taw-loo, tuh- ]
noun
- Also called tolu balsam, 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.
tolu
/ tɒˈluː /
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tolu1
First recorded in 1665–75; after Tolú (now Santiago de Tolú) in Colombia, where balsam is obtained
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tolu1
C17: after Santiago de Tolu, Colombia, from which it was exported
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Example Sentences
Its medicinal qualities are intermediate to those of the aromatic turpentines and balsam of tolu.
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The Chinese josticks are of a similar composition, but contain no Tolu.
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Storax and Tolu are used in perfumery in the same way as benzoin, namely, by solution in spirit as a tincture.
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An Achena offered Tolu five hundred francs to kill the head of the Stacca family.
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Tolu not only refused, he did not rest till he had brought about a reconciliation between the two houses.
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