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to⋅lu

  [taw-loo, tuh-]
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–noun
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.
Origin:
1665–75; after Tolú (now Santiago de Tolú) in Colombia, where balsam is obtained
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to·lu or To·lu balsam   (tə-lōō')   
n.  Balsam of Tolu.

[Spanish tolú, after Tolú, a seaport of northwest Colombia.]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: to·lu
Pronunciation: t&-'lü, tO-
Function: noun
: BALSAM OFTOLU
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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