Canada balsam
English
editNoun
editCanada balsam (countable and uncountable, plural Canada balsams)
- A turpentine made from the resin of the balsam fir tree.
- The tree itself (Abies balsamea).
- 1914, Ernest John Chambers, The Unexploited West:
- I have seen a few tamaracks at odd spots, and on the Athabaska I saw a small grove of Canada balsams, the only place I ever saw them in the northwest.
Synonyms
edit- (type of turpentine): balsam of fir, Canada turpentine
Translations
editturpentine produced from the resin of balsam fir
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