an oily and resinous substance released by various plants, or a medicinal preparation containing it
an annual plant with watery juice, e.g. touch-me-not
any of several trees that yield balsam
any of a widely distributed genus of annual plants with watery juice, e.g. touch-me-not: genus Impatiens
= balm (3)
balsamic /balʹsamik, bol-/ adj
[via Latin from Greek balsamon balm]