Balsam+of+fir
81Can|a|da balsam — «KAN uh duh», a sticky, yellow resin obtained from the balsam fir tree. It is used in making lacquers and varnishes, and for mounting objects on glass slides to be examined under a microscope …
82Fraser fir — noun Etymology: John Fraser died 1811 British botanist Date: 1897 a southern Appalachian fir (Abies fraseri) that resembles the balsam fir …
83Fra|ser fir — «FRAY zhuhr», a small fir that grows in the mountains of North Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee, having dense foliage and small cones with a rough surface, and often used as a Christmas tree; she balsam. ╂[< John Fraser, an English botanist… …
84Canada balsam — noun Etymology: Canada, country in North America Date: 1773 a viscid yellowish to greenish oleoresin exudate of the balsam fir (Abies balsmea) that solidifies to a transparent mass and is used as a transparent cement especially in microscopy …
85Canada balsam — noun a yellowish resin obtained from the balsam fir, used for mounting specimens on microscope slides …
86Canada balsam — Can′ada bal′sam n. chem. a water soluble resin obtained from the balsam fir, Abies balsamea, used as a cement for microscope slides and lenses • Etymology: 1810–20, amer …
87Canada balsam — /kænədə ˈbɔlsəm/ (say kanuhduh bawlsuhm) noun a transparent turpentine obtained from the balsam fir, Abies balsamea, used for mounting objects for the microscope …
88Canada balsam — n. Biol. a yellow resin obtained from the balsam fir and used for mounting preparations on microscope slides (its refractive index being similar to that of glass) …
89oregon balsam fir — noun see oregon balsam 3 …
90colorado white balsam — noun or colorado white fir Usage: usually capitalized C : white fir 1a(1) …
