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tacamahac

Noun

tac=a=ma=hac

WORDNET DICTIONARY

tacamahac(n = noun.plant) balsam poplar, hackmatack, populus balsamifera - poplar of northeastern North America with broad heart-shaped leaves; Array

is a kind of poplar, poplar tree

tacamahac, n.

A bitter balsamic resin obtained from tropical American trees of the genus Elaphrium (Elaphrium tomentosum and Elaphrium Tacamahaca), and also from East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum; also, the resinous exhudation of the balsam poplar. [1913 Webster]
Any tree yielding tacamahac resin, especially, in North America, the balsam poplar, or balm of Gilead (Populus balsamifera). [1913 Webster]

tacamahac, n.
1 a resinous gum obtained from certain tropical trees esp. of the genus Calophyllum.
2 a the balsam poplar. b the resin of this.

Etymology

obs. Sp. tacamahaca f. Aztec tecomahiyac

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