About The Word Tacamahac
Learn about the word Tacamahac to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Tacamahac definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Tacamahac
| Tacamahac Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Tacamahac?
[n] poplar of northeastern North America with broad heart-shaped leaves
Synonyms | Synonyms for Tacamahac: balsam poplar | hackmatack | Populus balsamifera Related Terms | Find terms related to Tacamahac: See Also | poplar | poplar tree Tacamahac In Webster's Dictionary \Tac"a*ma*hac`\, Tacamahaca \Tac`a*ma*ha"ca\, n.
1. A bitter balsamic resin obtained from tropical American
trees of the genus {Elaphrium} ({E. tomentosum} and {E.
Tacamahaca}), and also from East Indian trees of the genus
{Calophyllum}; also, the resinous exhudation of the balsam
poplar.
2. (Bot.) Any tree yielding tacamahac resin, especially, in
North America, the balsam poplar, or balm of Gilead
({Populus balsamifera}).
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Merchant-venturer ‐ a merchant who undertakes a trading venture (especially a venture…
- Pampered ‐ treated with excessive indulgence; "pampered from earliest childhood,…
- Obfuscation ‐ darkening or obscuring the sight of something [n] the activity…
- Beyond control ‐ out of control; "the riots got…
- Radar ‐ measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave…
- Hobbledehoy ‐ an awkward bad-mannered…
- Baphia nitida ‐ small shrubby African tree with hard wood used as a dyewood yielding…
- Sourdough bread ‐ made with a starter of a small amount of dough in which fermentation…
- Solicitorship ‐ the position of…
- Alosa chrysocloris ‐ shad that spawns in streams of the Mississippi drainage; very…