noun
Meaning 1
A North American species of fir tree (Abies balsamea).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
balsam fir
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noun
Meaning 2
medium-sized fir of northeastern North America; leaves smell of balsam when crushed; much used for pulpwood and Christmas trees
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: balm of Gilead, Canada balsam, Abies balsamea
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: silver fir
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: եղեւին բալասանային (eġewin balasanayin) — Abies balsamea
- Basque: baltsamo-izeia — Abies balsamea
- Catalan: avet del bàlsam — Abies balsamea
- Chinese Mandarin: 膠冷杉 /胶冷杉 (jiāolěngshān) — Abies balsamea
- Cree: ᓇᐸᑳᓯᐦᑕᐠ (napakaasihtak) — Abies balsamea
- Czech: jedle balzámová — Abies balsamea
- Finnish: palsamikuusi — Abies balsamea
- Finnish: palsamipihta — Abies balsamea
- French: sapin baumier — Abies balsamea
- German: Balsamtanne — Abies balsamea
- German: Balsam-Tanne — Abies balsamea
- Ojibwe: zhingob — Abies balsamea
- Polish: jodła balsamiczna — Abies balsamea
- Romanian: brad canadian — Abies balsamea
- Russian: пи́хта бальзами́ческая (píxta balʹzamíčeskaja) — Abies balsamea
- Ukrainian: ялиця бальзамиста (jalycja balʹzamysta) — Abies balsamea