Found 2 items, similar to Tacamahac.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: tacamahac
tacamahac
n : poplar of northeastern North America with broad heart-shaped
leaves [syn:
balsam poplar,
hackmatack,
Populus balsamifera
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Tacamahac
Tacamahac
\Tac"a*ma*hac`\, Tacamahaca
\Tac`a*ma*ha"ca\, n.
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.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Bot.) Any tree yielding tacamahac resin, especially, in
North America, the balsam poplar, or balm of Gilead
(
Populus balsamifera).
[1913 Webster]