tacamahac Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun poplar of northeastern North America with broad heart-shaped leaves
    hackmatack; Populus balsamifera; balsam poplar.

WordNet

Tac"a*ma*hac`, Tac`a*ma*ha"ca noun (Also<
  • Tacamahac
  • Tacamahaca
)
Definitions
  1. A bitter balsamic resin obtained from tropical American trees of the genus Elaphrium (E. tomentosum and E. Tacamahaca), and also from East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum; also, the resinous exhudation of the balsam poplar.
  2. (Bot.) Any tree yielding tacamahac resin, especially, in North America, the balsam poplar, or balm of Gilead (Populus balsamifera).

Webster 1913