[taw-loo, tuh-] 
| 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. |
| balsam of Tolu n. The resin, similar to balsam of Peru, of a South American tree (Myroxylon balsamum), used especially in the manufacture of perfumes and medicinally as a basis for cough preparations. [After Tolú, a seaport of northwest Colombia.] |