Balsam

Definitions

1. A sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from various plants.
   UK, countable, uncountable
2. A surname from German.
3. A plant or tree yielding such substance.
   UK, countable, uncountable
4. A soothing ointment.
   UK, countable, uncountable
5. Something soothing.
   UK, countable, figuratively, uncountable
6. A flowering plant of the genus Impatiens.
   countable, uncountable
7. The balsam family of flowering plants (Balsaminaceae), which includes Impatiens and Hydrocera.
   countable, uncountable
8. A balsam fir Abies balsamea.
   countable, uncountable
9. Canada balsam, a turpentine obtained from the resin of balsam fir.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Classical music is a sweet balsam for our sorrows”

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