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Webster 1913 Edition
Tacamahaca
{
Tac′a-ma-hacˊ
,Tacˊa-ma-ha′ca
, }Noun.
1.
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. 2.
(Bot.)
Any tree yielding tacamahac resin, especially, in North America, the balsam poplar, or balm of Gilead (
Populus balsamifera
).