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tacamahac definition

taca·ma·hac (tak′ə mə hak′)

noun

  1. a strong-smelling gum resin used in ointments and incenses
  2. any of several trees, as the balsam poplar, yielding this resin
Also tacamahaca tac′a·ma·hac′a (-ə)

Etymology: Sp tacamahaca, earlier tecomahaca < Nahuatl tecomahca, lit., stinking copal

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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