peruvian balsam

1. 1.

   tree of South and Central America yielding an aromatic balsam

   SynonymsMyroxylon pereiraeMyroxylon balsamum pereirae

   Broadertree

   Part ofMyroxylon

Questions about peruvian balsam

What does peruvian balsam mean?

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

What is another word for peruvian balsam?

Close synonyms include Myroxylon pereirae, 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 peruvian balsam a common word?

peruvian balsam 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.