balsam
A sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from various plantsA sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from various plants.
» The old man tasted the balsam with his tongue, and found it good.
Meaning
9 senses(UK, countable, uncountable)A sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from various plants.
Heilsalbe, Trost
(UK, countable, uncountable)A plant or tree yielding such substance.
any seed plant yielding balsam
(UK, countable, uncountable)A soothing ointment.
Balsam, Trost
бальза́мbalʹzám
бальза́мbalʹzám
an ointment containing a fragrant resin
(UK, countable, figuratively, uncountable)Something soothing.
Classical music is a sweet balsam for our sorrows
Balsam
(countable, uncountable)A flowering plant of the genus Impatiens.
Springkraut
(countable, uncountable)Any member of the balsam family of flowering plants (Balsaminaceae), which includes genera Impatiens and Hydrocera.
(countable, uncountable)A balsam fir (Abies balsamea).
(countable, uncountable)Canada balsam, a turpentine obtained from the resin of balsam fir.
(countable, uncountable)Any of various traditional European herbal liqueurs, originally used medicinally.
any of various fragrant oleoresins used in medicines and perfumes
Examples
1 sentencesThe old man tasted the balsam with his tongue, and found it good.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Latin balsamum, from Ancient Greek βάλσαμον (bálsamon, “balsam”), of SemiticBorrowed from Latin balsamum, from Ancient Greek βάλσαμον (bálsamon, “balsam”), of Semitic origin (Hebrew בושם (“spice, perfume”)); compare Old English balsam, balsamum (“balsam, balm”), Doublet of balm and desman. Not related to balsa.
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Forms
plural: balsamsSynonyms
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