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/bˈɔlsəm əv pərˈu/ Listen

Balsam of Peru

noun

Dark brown syrupy balsam from the Peruvian balsam tree used especially in dressing wounds and treating certain skin diseases.

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... the complex formula described by Robert Turlington for his Balsam of Life, the committee settled on the official formula of Compound Tincture of Benzoin, with balsam of peru, myrrh, and angelica root added, to produce "an elegant and rich balsamic tincture." On the other hand, the committee adopted "with slight variations, the Linimentum Saponis of the old London Dispensatory" to which they, ...

— Old English Patent Medicines in America • George B. Griffenhagen

Words linked to "Balsam of Peru" : Myroxylon pereirae, balsam of tolu, Myroxylon balsamum pereirae, tolu, tolu balsam, Peruvian balsam