{Tolu tree} (Bot.), a large tree ({Myroxylon toluiferum}), the wood of which is red in the center, and has an aromatic rose odor. It affords the balsam called tolu. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
tolu — tolu … Dictionnaire des rimes
tolu — ● tolu nom masculin (de Tolú, ville de Colombie) Baume de Tolú. tolu n. m. PHARM Baume de tolu: baume fait de la résine d un arbre (papilionacées) d Amérique du S., utilisé notam. en dermatologie. ⇒TOLU, subst. masc. PHARM. (Baume de) tolu. Baume … Encyclopédie Universelle
Tolú — is an eponym for toluene and thus for trinitrotoluene, commonly known as TNT. Tolú is a small town and municipality in Sucre Department, northern Colombia by the Caribbean sea. The municipality has an area of 500 km².Tolú offers ecotourism ideal… … Wikipedia
tolu — TOLÚ s.n. Balsam extras dintr un arbore din America de Sud. [< fr., sp. tolu, cf. Santiago de Tolú – oraş în Columbia]. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DN TOLÚ s. n. balsam extras dintr un arbore din America de Sud. (< fr., sp … Dicționar Român
tolu — [tō lo͞o′] n. [Sp tolú, after Tolú, Caribbean seaport in Colombia] a fragrant gum obtained from the bark of a leguminous South American tree (Myroxylon balsamum), used in cough mixtures, flavorings, perfumes, etc.: also tolu balsam or tolu … English World dictionary
Tolú — V. «bálsamo de Tolú». * * * Tolú. □ V. bálsamo de Tolú … Enciclopedia Universal
tolu — s. m. Bálsamo produzido por uma árvore da Colômbia, também chamado bálsamo de tolu … Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa
Tolú — ☛ V. bálsamo de Tolú … Diccionario de la lengua española
Tolu — Tolu, Stadt im Departamiento Cartagena des Granadaconföderationsstaates Bolivar (Südamerika), am Caraibischen Meere; Hafen, Handel, vorzüglich mit Tolubalsam … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Tolú — Tolú, Stadt im Staate Bolivar der südamerikan. Republik Kolumbien, 100 km südlich von Cartagena, am Golf de Morosquillo, 1535 gegründet, mit verfallenen Festungswerken, Ausfuhr von Palmöl, Getreide, Holz, Tolubalsam und etwa 3000 Einw … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
