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English Dictionary: Balsam by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
balsam
n
  1. any seed plant yielding balsam
  2. any of various fragrant oleoresins used in medicines and perfumes
  3. an ointment containing a fragrant resin
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Balsam \Bal"sam\, n. [L. balsamum the balsam tree or its resin,
      Gr. [?]. See {Balm}, n.]
      1. A resin containing more or less of an essential or
            volatile oil.
  
      Note: The balsams are aromatic resinous substances, flowing
               spontaneously or by incision from certain plants. A
               great variety of substances pass under this name, but
               the term is now usually restricted to resins which, in
               addition to a volatile oil, contain benzoic and
               cinnamic acid. Among the true balsams are the balm of
               Gilead, and the balsams of copaiba, Peru, and Tolu.
               There are also many pharmaceutical preparations and
               resinous substances, possessed of a balsamic smell, to
               which the name balsam has been given.
  
      2. (Bot.)
            (a) A species of tree ({Abies balsamea}).
            (b) An annual garden plant ({Impatiens balsamina}) with
                  beautiful flowers; balsamine.
  
      3. Anything that heals, soothes, or restores.
  
                     Was not the people's blessing a balsam to thy blood?
                                                                              --Tennyson.
  
      {Balsam apple} (Bot.), an East Indian plant ({Momordica
            balsamina}), of the gourd family, with red or
            orange-yellow cucumber-shaped fruit of the size of a
            walnut, used as a vulnerary, and in liniments and
            poultices.
  
      {Balsam fir} (Bot.), the American coniferous tree, {Abies
            balsamea}, from which the useful Canada balsam is derived.
           
  
      {Balsam of copaiba}. See {Copaiba}.
  
      {Balsam of Mecca}, balm of Gilead.
  
      {Balsam of Peru}, a reddish brown, syrupy balsam, obtained
            from a Central American tree ({Myroxylon Pereir[91]} and
            used as a stomachic and expectorant, and in the treatment
            of ulcers, etc. It was long supposed to be a product of
            Peru.
  
      {Balsam of Tolu}, a reddish or yellowish brown semisolid or
            solid balsam, obtained from a South American tree
            ({Myroxylon toluiferum}). It is highly fragrant, and is
            used as a stomachic and expectorant.
  
      {Balsam tree}, any tree from which balsam is obtained, esp.
            the {Abies balsamea}.
  
      {Canada balsam}, {Balsam of fir}, Canada turpentine, a
            yellowish, viscid liquid, which, by time and exposure,
            becomes a transparent solid mass. It is obtained from the
            balm of Gilead (or balsam) fir ({Abies balsamea}) by
            breaking the vesicles upon the trunk and branches. See
            {Balm}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Balsam \Bal"sam\, v. t.
      To treat or anoint with balsam; to relieve, as with balsam;
      to render balsamic.
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