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tacamahac


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tacamahac  \Tac"a*ma*hac`\,  Tacamahaca  \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.)  Any  tree  yielding  tacamahac  resin,  especially,  in 
  North  America,  the  balsam  poplar,  or  balm  of  Gilead 
  ({Populus  balsamifera}). 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tacamahac 
  n  :  poplar  of  northeastern  North  America  with  broad  heart-shaped 
  leaves  [syn:  {balsam  poplar},  {hackmatack},  {Populus 
  balsamifera}] 




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