Tacamahac
n.-
A bitter balsamic resin obtained from tropical American trees of the genus
Elaphrium (Elaphrium tomentosum andElaphrium Tacamahaca ), and also from East Indian trees of the genusCalophyllum ; also, the resinous exhudation of the balsam poplar. -
(Bot.) Any tree yielding tacamahac resin, especially, in North America, the balsam poplar, or balm of Gilead (
Populus balsamifera ).

