Toltecan (toltekan)

[ tolter (tol'ter), v. i. [ States of Colombia. The origin of Tolu in this name is not ascertained.] A balsam obtained from incisions through the bark of Myroxylon Toluifera, an evergreen tree 60 or 80 feet high, found in the uplands of the United States of Colombia. It is a semifluid substance, becoming at length hard and brittle, of properties like those of the balsam of Peru, but le decided. It is somewhat used in medicine, and much more in perfumery, for burning pastilles. More fully named balsam of tolu. toluene (tol'ū-ēn), n. Tolu-tree (Myroxylon Toluifera). [