tacamahac

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: tac=a=ma=hac

CIDE DICTIONARY

tacamahac, n. 

•  A bitter balsamic resin obtained from tropical American trees of the genus Elaphrium (Elaphrium tomentosum and Elaphrium Tacamahaca), and also from East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum; also, the resinous exhudation of the balsam poplar.  [1913 Webster]
•  Any tree yielding tacamahac resin, especially, in North America, the balsam poplar, or balm of Gilead (Populus balsamifera).  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

tacamahac, n.
1 a resinous gum obtained from certain tropical trees esp. of the genus Calophyllum.
2 a the balsam poplar. b the resin of this.

Etymology

obs. Sp. tacamahaca f. Aztec tecomahiyac