A bitterbalsamicresin or resinousexudation obtained from tropical American trees of the family Burseraceae (Bursera tomentosa (species) and Icica tacamahaca (species)), from East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum or from the balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera (species)).
Any tree yielding tacamahac resin, especially, in North America, the balsam poplar or balm of Gilead (Populus balsamifera (species)).
In the 19th century, some authorities questioned if tacamahac, tamarack and hackmatack could be cognate to one another, perhaps all corruptions of one term, but such cognacy is unlikely.
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