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myroxylon
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun myroxylon has 1 sense
- myroxylon(n = noun.plant) genus myroxylon - a genus of tropical American trees having pinnate leaves and white flowers; Array is a kind of rosid dicot genus
is a member of papilionoideae, subfamily papilionoideae
CIDE DICTIONARY
myroxylon, prop. n. [NL., fr. Gr. my`ron a sweet juice distilling from a plant + xy`lon wood.].
A genus of leguminous trees of tropical America, the different species of which yield balsamic products, among which are balsam of Peru, and balsam of Tolu. The species were formerly referred to Myrospermum . [1913 Webster]
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