[
UK
/bˈɔːlsəm/
]
[ US /ˈbɔɫsəm/ ]
[ US /ˈbɔɫsəm/ ]
NOUN
- any of various fragrant oleoresins used in medicines and perfumes
- an ointment containing a fragrant resin
- any seed plant yielding balsam
How To Use balsam In A Sentence
- Season of the Inundation: Sweet, black silt mingled with holy myrrh, melilot, hyssop, spikenard, balsam, cedar, and a hint of melting snow from the Abyssinian hills. Thor's Day
- He's a guy when he puts his mind to it, he's going to win balsams for us. '' USATODAY.com - Basketball - Orlando vs. Cleveland
- These included balsam, musk, benzoin, aloeswood, ginger, muslin, thoroughbred Arabian horses, and Chinese porcelain.
- The balsam impatiens usually grows as a two- or three-stemmed plant to a height of 2 1/2 feet, with white to dark red flowers tucked into the leaf axils, where they tend to be overshadowed by leaves.
- Has arbores seu arbusta Balsami fecit quondam quidam de Caliphis Aegypti de loco Engaddi inter mare mortuum, et Ierico, vbi Domino volente excreuerat, eradicari, et in argo pr鎑icto plantari: est tamen hoc mirandum, quod vbicuncque alibi siue prope, siue remote plantantur, quamuis fort� virent, et exurgant, non tamen fructificant. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
- Himalayan balsam's pink flowers are an attractive sight on the river's edge but it is a menace that needs to be stopped in its tracks.
- Its surface had become heavily crazed, making it impossible to examine the specimen, so the balsam was removed with xylene.
- Ingredient: Agallochum leaves , wormwood , Herb of Balsamiferou Blumea , wooden powder, bond etc.
- He liked homemade carrot juice, nutty sunflower pate, roast jicama with a little balsamic vinegar, organic multigrain bread, and cholesterol-free egg substitute.
- The forests include such conifers as red spruce, black spruce, white spruce, balsam fir, red pine, jack pine, eastern white pine, tamarack, eastern white cedar, and eastern hemlock.