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Canada balsams

Canada balsams is the plural of Canada balsam.

Meaning of Canada balsam

Noun

Canada balsam (countable and uncountable, plural Canada balsams)

  1. A turpentine made from the resin of the balsam fir tree.
  2. The tree itself (Abies balsamea).
    • I have seen a few tamaracks at odd spots, and on the Athabaska I saw a small grove of Canada balsams, the only place I ever saw them in the northwest.1914, Ernest John Chambers, The Unexploited West

Questions about Canada balsams

What is Canada balsams the plural of?
Canada balsams is the plural of Canada balsam.

Words near Canada balsams in the dictionary

  1. canacids
  2. Canad
  3. Canad.
  4. canada
  5. Canada balsam
  6. Canada balsams
  7. Canada Bay
  8. Canada Day
  9. Canada Dry
  10. Canada East
  11. Canada geese

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