myroxylon pereirae

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1. tree of South and Central America yielding an aromatic balsam (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	tree,
definition	:	a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	genus myroxylon, myroxylon,
definition	:	a genus of tropical American trees having pinnate leaves and white flowers (noun.plant)

substance holonym	:	balsam of peru,
definition	:	dark brown syrupy balsam from the Peruvian balsam tree used especially in dressing wounds and treating certain skin diseases (noun.plant)