canada balsam
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1. medium-sized fir of northeastern North America; leaves smell of balsam when crushed; much used for pulpwood and Christmas trees (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | silver fir, |
| definition | : | any of various true firs having leaves white or silvery white beneath (noun.plant) |
2. yellow transparent exudate of the balsam fir; used as a transparent cement in optical devices (especially in microscopy) and as a mounting medium (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | oleoresin, |
| definition | : | a naturally occurring mixture of a resin and an essential oil; obtained from certain plants (noun.substance) |
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