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]