CANADA BALSAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Canada balsam mean? 

• CANADA BALSAM (noun)
  The noun CANADA BALSAM has 2 senses:

1. yellow transparent exudate of the balsam fir; used as a transparent cement in optical devices (especially in microscopy) and as a mounting medium

2. medium-sized fir of northeastern North America; leaves smell of balsam when crushed; much used for pulpwood and Christmas trees

  Familiarity information: CANADA BALSAM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CANADA BALSAM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Yellow transparent exudate of the balsam fir; used as a transparent cement in optical devices (especially in microscopy) and as a mounting medium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("Canada balsam" is a kind of...):

oleoresin (a naturally occurring mixture of a resin and an essential oil; obtained from certain plants)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Medium-sized fir of northeastern North America; leaves smell of balsam when crushed; much used for pulpwood and Christmas trees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Abies balsamea; balm of Gilead; balsam fir; Canada balsam

Hypernyms ("Canada balsam" is a kind of...):

silver fir (any of various true firs having leaves white or silvery white beneath)