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A genus of tropical American trees having pinnate leaves and white flowers
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myroxylon
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Myroxylon \My*rox"y*lon\, prop. n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a sweet juice distilling from a plant + ? 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 ...
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The genus Myroxylon was originally described in 1753 by Linnaeus , such description was made using a specimen collected in the province of Cartagena (at the time Tolú was located in the province of Cartagena), and named it Toluifera balsamum . The genus ...