tacamahaca

Variant of tacamahac

noun

  1. a strong-smelling gum resin used in ointments and incenses
  2. any of several trees, as the balsam poplar, yielding this resin

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

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