Poplar of northeastern North America with broad heart-shaped leaves

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Tacamahac is the name of medicinal resins , now little used, obtained from several plant sources including Calophyllum tacamahaca and Calophyllum inophyllum . The word has sometimes been regarded, apparently wrongly, as a synonym of balm of Gilead .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A bitter balsamic resin or resinous exudation obtained from tropical American trees of the genus (taxlink Elaphrium genus noshow=1) ((taxlink Elaphrum tomentosum species noshow=1) and (taxlink Elaphrum tacamahaca species noshow=1)), from East Indian ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tacamahac \Tac"a*ma*hac`\, Tacamahaca \Tac`a*ma*ha"ca\, n. 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 ; ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. poplar of northeastern North America with broad heart-shaped leaves [syn: balsam poplar , hackmatack , Populus balsamifera ]