Balsam word meaning and definition
Beside meaning and definition for word "balsam", on this page you can find other interesting information too, like synonyms or related words. On bottom of the page we have fun area, like tarot cards, numerology for these Six characters, how to write "balsam" with bar codes or hand signs and more.. Table of Contents:
|
• Letter statistic • Hand signs, morse code • Tarot cards, numerology • Other fun |
Do you like word(s) »balsam«? |  |
Meaning and definition for "balsam" word
[noun] any seed plant yielding balsam
[noun] any of various fragrant oleoresins used in medicines and perfumes
Click here if you Hate scroll, Show all | Too long, show scroll
(a) A species of tree ({Abies balsamea}).
(b) An annual garden plant ({Impatiens balsamina}) with beautiful flowers; balsamine. 3. Anything that heals, soothes, or restores. Was not the people's blessing a balsam to thy blood? --Tennyson. {Balsam apple} (Bot.), an East Indian plant ({Momordica balsamina}), of the gourd family, with red or orange-yellow cucumber-shaped fruit of the size of a walnut, used as a vulnerary, and in liniments and poultices. {Balsam fir} (Bot.), the American coniferous tree, {Abies balsamea}, from which the useful Canada balsam is derived. {Balsam of copaiba}. See {Copaiba}. {Balsam of Mecca}, balm of Gilead. {Balsam of Peru}, a reddish brown, syrupy balsam, obtained from a Central American tree ({Myroxylon Pereir[ae]} and used as a stomachic and expectorant, and in the treatment of ulcers, etc. It was long supposed to be a product of Peru. {Balsam of Tolu}, a reddish or yellowish brown semisolid or solid balsam, obtained from a South American tree ({Myroxylon toluiferum}). It is highly fragrant, and is used as a stomachic and expectorant. {Balsam tree}, any tree from which balsam is obtained, esp. the {Abies balsamea}. {Canada balsam}, {Balsam of fir}, Canada turpentine, a yellowish, viscid liquid, which, by time and exposure, becomes a transparent solid mass. It is obtained from the balm of Gilead (or balsam) fir ({Abies balsamea}) by breaking the vesicles upon the trunk and branches. See {Balm}.
\Bal"sam\, v. t. To treat or anoint with balsam; to relieve, as with balsam; to render balsamic.
See also: balm | balm | balsam | balsam | balsam of tolu | ointment | oleoresin | phanerogam | salve | seed plant | spermatophyte | tolu | tolu balsam | unction | unguent |
Related terms: ambergris, aromatic gum, brilliantine, champaca oil, chrism, collyrium, cream, drug, electuary, embrocation, emollient, essence, fixative, inhalant, lenitive, myrrh, nard, officinal, oil, pharmacon, salve, specific remedy
The fun area, different aproach to word »balsam«
Let's analyse "balsam" as pure text. This string has Six letters in Two syllables and Two vowels. 33.3% of vowels is 5.3% less then average English word. Written in backwards: MASLAB. Average typing speed for these characters is 1680 milliseconds. [info]
- |
Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
balsam: 1 + 1 = 2, reduced: 2 . and the final result is Two. |
|
Search internet for "balsam"
> Search images |
Tarot cards
Page generated in 0.0019 seconds.