Usually means: Aromatic resin used as medicine.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. balsam: Merriam-Webster
  2. balsam: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. balsam: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. balsam: Collins English Dictionary
  5. balsam: Vocabulary.com
  6. Balsam, balsam: Wordnik
  7. balsam: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. balsam: Wiktionary
  9. balsam: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. balsam: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. balsam: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. balsam: Dictionary.com
  13. balsam: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Balsam (disambiguation), Balsam (drink), Balsam: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Balsam: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. balsam: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. balsam: Rhymezone
  18. Balsam: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. balsam: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. balsam: FreeDictionary.org
  21. balsam: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. balsam: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. balsam: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  24. balsam: Merriam-Webster

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Balsam (flower), balsam: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. balsam: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. balsam: Medical dictionary

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Balsam: Catholic Encyclopedia

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Balsam, Balsam: Botanical Name listing of Plants
  2. Garden Flower, Shrub and Tree Glossary (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. balsam: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. balsam: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary for the Modern Soap Maker (No longer online)

(Note: See balsamic as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (chiefly UK) A sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from various plants.
noun:  (chiefly UK) A plant or tree yielding such substance.
noun:  (chiefly UK) A soothing ointment.
noun:  (chiefly UK, figuratively) Something soothing.
noun:  A flowering plant of the genus Impatiens.
noun:  The balsam family of flowering plants (Balsaminaceae), which includes Impatiens and Hydrocera.
noun:  A balsam fir Abies balsamea.
noun:  Canada balsam, a turpentine obtained from the resin of balsam fir.
verb:  (transitive) To treat or anoint with balsam.
noun:  A surname from German.

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