Definitions for tacamahac

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tacamahac tac·a·ma·hac

Spelling: [tak-uh-muh-hak]

IPA: /ˈtæk ə məˌhæk/

Tacamahac is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 89 anagrams from letters in tacamahac (aaaacchmt).

Definitions for tacamahac

noun

1. any of several resinous substances, used in incenses, ointments, etc.
2. any tree, as of the genera Bursera and Populus, yielding such a product.
3. balsam poplar.

Origin of tacamahac

1570-80; Mexican Spanish tecama(ha)ca Nahuatl tecamac resin used in medicine

Examples for tacamahac

tacamahac, tak′a-ma-hak, n. a gum-resin yielded by several tropical trees.

The camp had been placed under a beautiful tree—the tacamahac, or balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera).

The camp had been placed under a beautiful tree—the tacamahac, or balsam poplar.

Nearly a world tree is this poplar, which in some one of its variable forms is called also tacamahac, and balsam poplar as well.