myroxylon pereirae

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   tree of South and Central America yielding an aromatic balsam

   SynonymsPeruvian balsamMyroxylon balsamum pereirae

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   Part ofMyroxylon

Questions about myroxylon pereirae

What does myroxylon pereirae mean?

myroxylon pereirae means "tree of South and Central America yielding an aromatic balsam".

What is another word for myroxylon pereirae?

Close synonyms include Peruvian balsam, Myroxylon balsamum pereirae. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is myroxylon pereirae a common word?

myroxylon pereirae is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.