tacamahac

n. [化]塔柯胶,[植]胶杨

词形变化

tacamahacs 复数 tacamahacs

别名

tacamahack tacmahack tacamahaca

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A bitter balsamic resin or resinous exudation obtained from tropical American trees of the family Burseraceae (Bursera tomentosa and Icica tacamahaca), from East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, or from the balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera).

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  2. 2.

    Any tree yielding tacamahac resin, especially, in North America, balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera) or balm of Gilead.

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词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

balsam poplar hackmatack

上位词 1

poplar

词源

From Spanish, from Nahuatl thecomahaca, to use the spelling of Hernandez 1614. In European languages there was contamination between tacamahac and various Algonquian words containing the final Proto-Algonquian *-a·xkw- (“hardwood or deciduous tree”), including the sources of tamarack and hackmatack, as was already recognized by Chamberlain 1902.

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