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• Canada balsam (noun)
  1. especially in microscopy yellow transparent exudate of the balsam fir; used as a transparent cement in optical devices and as a mounting medium
  2. medium-sized fir of northeastern North America; leaves smell of balsam when crushed; much used for pulpwood and Christmas trees
• Peruvian balsam (noun)
  1. tree of South and Central America yielding an aromatic balsam
• Western balsam poplar (noun)
  1. cottonwood of western North America with dark green leaves shining above and rusty or silvery beneath
• balsam apple (noun)
  1. a tropical Old World flowering vine with red or orange warty fruit
• balsam capivi (noun)
  1. an oleoresin used in varnishes and ointments
• balsam family (noun)
  1. distinguished from the family Geraniaceae by the irregular flowers
• balsam fir (noun)
  1. medium-sized fir of northeastern North America; leaves smell of balsam when crushed; much used for pulpwood and Christmas trees
• balsam herb (noun)
  1. tansy-scented Eurasian perennial herb with buttonlike yellow flowers; used as potherb or salad green and sometimes for potpourri or tea or flavouring; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum
• balsam of Peru (noun)
  1. dark brown syrupy balsam from the Peruvian balsam tree used especially in dressing wounds and treating certain skin diseases
• balsam of tolu (noun)
  1. aromatic yellowish brown balsam from the tolu balsam tree used especially in cough syrups
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