Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Tacamahaca

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Tacamahaca


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(1):

(n.) Any tree yielding tacamahac resin, especially, in North America, the balsam poplar, or balm of Gilead (Populus balsamifera).

(2):

(n.) 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.