'Tacamahac' definitions:
Definition of 'tacamahac'
(from WordNet)
noun
Poplar of northeastern North America with broad heart- shaped leaves [syn: balsam poplar, hackmatack, tacamahac, Populus balsamifera]
Definition of 'Tacamahac'
From: GCIDE
- Tacamahac \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 (Elaphrium tomentosum and Elaphrium Tacamahaca), and also from East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum; also, the resinous exhudation of the balsam poplar. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Bot.) Any tree yielding tacamahac resin, especially, in North America, the balsam poplar, or balm of Gilead (Populus balsamifera). [1913 Webster]