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Balsam
Balsam
(also:
turpentine
) is the
resinous
exudate (or sap), which forms on certain kinds of trees and shrubs. Balsam (from
Hebrew
bosem
בֹּשֶׂם, "spice", "perfume") owes its name to the biblical
Balm of Gilead
.
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