tacamahac noun. ['takǝmǝhak] Also tacamahaca [takǝmǝ'hɑ:kǝ]. L16.
[Spanish tacamahaca (now tacamaca) from Aztec tecomahiyac.]
1. Orig., the aromatic resin of the gumbo-limbo, Bursera simaruba (family Burseraceae), used for incense. In later use, any of various similar resins obtained from other W. Indian and S. American trees of the genus Bursera and the allied genus Protium, and from Indo-Malayan trees of the genus Calophyllum (family Guttiferae), etc., which were formerly used extensively in medicine. L16.

2. (The gum exuded from the buds of) any of the N. American balsam poplars, e.g. Populus balsamifera. M18.

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