单词 | tacamahac |
释义 | tacamahactacamahacan. 1. An aromatic resin, used for incense, and formerly extensively in medicine: (a) (originally) that yielded by a Mexican tree, Bursera (Elaphrium) tomentosa; (b) extended in the West Indies and South America to similar resins obtained from other species of Bursera and the allied genus Protium, and subsequently to resins imported from Madagascar, Bourbon, and the East Indies, chiefly the product of species of Calophyllum. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [noun] > fragrant substance or perfume > incense rechelseOE storc1000 incensec1290 censea1382 guma1382 olibanuma1398 thus1398 frankincensea1400 frank14.. thurec1425 mascle thure?1440 olibanc1440 smoke1530 perfume1542 masculine frankincense1555 tacamahac1577 cayolac1588 masculine gum1604 candle1628 pastille1630 Spanish coal1631 incense-frank1633 thymiama1697 censery1823 punk1844 joss-stick1845 god-stick1874 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > gums and viscid products > [noun] > gum resins guttaa1398 mastica1398 olibanuma1398 opopanaxa1400 serapinec1400 olibanc1440 tragacanth1558 gum tragacanth1562 tacamahac1577 seraphium1582 bdellium1585 sagapenum1597 liquidambar1598 lignum vitae1611 gamboge1615 sagapen1712 stacte1715 angico1821 1577 J. Frampton tr. N. Monardes Three Bookes i. f. 3 Gumme called Tacamahaca. 1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Tacamahaca, a Rosin brought out of the West Indies, of great vertue against any cold humours [etc.]. 1693 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 622 The Techomahac-Tree from Mexico. 1703 London Gaz. No. 3898/3 The Cargo of the Galeon.., consisting of..Jollop, Gum Elemni, Tacka Mohacca,..&c. 1714 tr. French Bk. of Rates 92 Gum call'd Tacamacha p. 100 Weight 05 05. 1718 J. Quincy Pharmacopœia Officinalis 137 Tacamahack is a resinous Gum, from the West Indies. ?1750 J. Wesley Primitive Physick (ed. 2) 107 Apply to the Cheek Gum Tacamahac spread on Silk. 1802 Naval Chron. 8 150 (I. of France) Tacamahaca, stinking wood. 1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 460 Tacamahac from Elaphrium tomentosum. 1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 401 The true East India Tacamahaca is produced by Calophyllum Calaba. 2. The resin of the buds of the North American Balsam Poplar, Populus balsamifera; hence a name of this tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > poplars and allies > [noun] popple1229 popple-tree1229 abele?a1300 poplar1371 black poplar1542 white poplar1542 poppling1570 cotton tree1633 tacamahac1739 Lombardy poplar1766 poplar pine1770 Po poplar1776 grey poplar1782 cottonwood1787 pine poplar1789 liard1809 white-backa1825 necklace poplar1845 silver poplar1847 weather-tree1847 hackmatack1873 bitter-weed1878 balsam-poplar1884 Russian poplar1884 Lombardy1917 1739 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. (ed. 3) II. Addenda s.v. The Tacamahaca. This Tree grows spontaneously on the Continent of America. 1759 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. (ed. 7) at Populus The Buds of this Tree are covered with a glutinous Resin, which smells very strong, and this is the Tacamahacca used in the Shops. 1786 J. Abercrombie Arrangem. Plants 32/1 in Gardeners Daily Assistant Tacamahacca, or great balsam poplar. 1842 P. J. Selby Brit. Forest Trees 213 The list of Tacamahacs mentioned by Loudon. 1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 255 Poplar buds, especially those of P[opulus] nigra, balsamifera, and candicans, are besmeared in winter with a resinous..exudation, which [passes] under the name of Tacamahac. 1881 tr. Verne's Fur Country 95 Jaspar also noticed the tacamahac, a species of poplar which grows to a great height. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1577 |
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