tolu.
/taw-loo, tuh-/US // tɔˈlu, tə- //UK // (tɒˈluː) //
吐鲁番,吐鲁番人,吐鲁番市,吐鲁番语
Definitions
n.noun · 名词
- 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.
- ›the tree itself.
Examples
Its medicinal qualities are intermediate to those of the aromatic turpentines and balsam of tolu.
The Chinese josticks are of a similar composition, but contain no Tolu.
Storax and Tolu are used in perfumery in the same way as benzoin, namely, by solution in spirit as a tincture.
An Achena offered Tolu five hundred francs to kill the head of the Stacca family.
Tolu not only refused, he did not rest till he had brought about a reconciliation between the two houses.
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