canada balsam

Questions about canada balsam

What does canada balsam mean?

canada balsam means "yellow transparent exudate of the balsam fir; used as a transparent cement in optical devices (especially in microscopy) and as a mounting medium". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for canada balsam?

Close synonyms include balsam fir, balm of Gilead, Abies balsamea. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is canada balsam a common word?

canada balsam is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for canada balsam come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.