Category:Tacamahac

Tac"a*ma*hac`, tac`a*ma*ha"ca, n.

1. 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.

2. (bot.)

Defn: any tree yielding tacamahac resin, especially, in north America, the balsam poplar, or balm of gilead (populus balsamifera).