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The fragrant and beautiful wood of a North African tree (Callitris quadrivalvis), formerly called Thuja articulata. The tree is of the Cedar family, and furnishes a balsamic resin called sandarach.
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A fragrant balsam said to have been first brought from Santiago de Tolu, in New Granada. See Balsam of Tolu, under Balsam.
v. t.
To treat or anoint with balsam; to relieve, as with balsam; to render balsamic.
n.
Any one of a number of similar complex resins obtained from the bark of several trees and shrubs of the Styrax family. The most common of these is liquid storax, a brown or gray semifluid substance of an agreeable aromatic odor and balsamic taste, sometimes used in perfumery, and in medicine as an expectorant.
n.
The inflammable wood of certain trees (Amyris balsamifera, A. Floridana, etc.); also, the trees themselves.
a.
Alt. of Balsamical
n.
The Impatiens balsamina, or garden balsam.
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A species of tree (Abies balsamea).
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Having the qualities of balsam; containing, or resembling, balsam; soft; mitigative; soothing; restorative.
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A bitter balsamic resin obtained from tropical American trees of the genus Elaphrium (E. tomentosum and E. Tacamahaca), and also from East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum; also, the resinous exhudation of the balsam poplar.
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Having the quality of balsam; containing balsam.
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The dried twigs of a Syrian tree (Balsamodendron Gileadense).
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A fragrant balsam obtained from Brazilian trees of the genus Humirium.
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Actual; not counterfeit, adulterated, or pretended; genuine; pure; real; as, true balsam; true love of country; a true Christian.
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Producing balsam.
n.
A hydrocarbon, C6H5.CH3, of the aromatic series, homologous with benzene, and obtained as a light mobile colorless liquid, by distilling tolu balsam, coal tar, etc.; -- called also methyl benzene, phenyl methane, etc.
n.
The act of imparting balsamic properties.
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Any tree yielding tacamahac resin, especially, in North America, the balsam poplar, or balm of Gilead (Populus balsamifera).
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An annual garden plant (Impatiens balsamina) with beautiful flowers; balsamine.
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Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins.
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