Meaning Of The Word Balsam
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balsam
uncountable noun: Balsam is a sweet-smelling oil that is obtained from certain trees or bushes and used to make medicines and perfumes. balsam in American English any of various oily or gummy aromatic resins obtained from various plants and containing either benzoic or cinnamic acid designating a family (Balsaminaceae, order Geraniales) of dicotyledonous plants, including jewelweed and impatiens noun: any of various fragrant exudations from certain trees, esp. trees of the genus Commiphora, as balm-of-Gilead balsam in British English noun: any of various fragrant oleoresins, such as balm or tolu, obtained from any of several trees and shrubs and used as a base for medicines and perfumes |
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