balsam
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1. balsam - Noun
2. balsam - Verb
3. Balsam - Proper noun
Meaning
A resin containing more or less of an essential or volatile oil.
A species of tree (Abies balsamea).
An annual garden plant (Impatiens balsamina) with beautiful flowers; balsamine.
Anything that heals, soothes, or restores.
To treat or anoint with balsam; to relieve, as with balsam; to render balsamic.
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Music for me is like a balsam. I always whish that when people are watching me or listening to me, they take with them this energy I receive from God.
Taylor's study suggests partial cutting, rather than clear cutting, increases the regeneration of species like balsam fir, which do better when shaded by a canopy of trees left standing.
That little tree – now a 48-foot, 3,400-pound balsam fir – was planted some 35 years ago by Edith Arey, who grew fir saplings around her North Deering home in hopes that one would someday be the perfect Monument Square tree.
The hare was in a dense forest of balsam fir trees.
Squires returning from the King's bath tell Gurnemanz that the balsam has eased the King's suffering.
See also * Resin extraction – method of harvesting resin from trees * Balsam of Peru – a balsam used in food and drink for flavoring, in perfumes and toiletries for fragrance, and in medicine and pharmaceutical items.