单词 | Canada balsam |
释义 | Canada balsam (once / 115876 pages) n WORD FAMILY Canada balsam: Canada balsams USAGE EXAMPLESThe wing is removed and mounted upon a slide in Canada balsam, which should be preferably rather thick. Riley, C. V., Directions for Collecting and Prese...(2012) Ð Canada balsam, Balsam of fir, Canada turpentine, a yellowish, viscid liquid, which, by time and exposure, becomes a transparent solid mass. Webster, Noah, Webster's Unabridged Dictionary—(2n...(2012) They may then be picked up with a camel's-hair brush and mounted in Canada balsam. Annandale, Nelson, Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Poly...(2011) 1n medium-sized fir of northeastern North America; leaves smell of balsam when crushed; much used for pulpwood and Christmas trees Syn|Hyper Abies balsamea, balm of Gilead, balsam fir silver fir any of various true firs having leaves white or silvery white beneath 2n yellow transparent exudate of the balsam fir; used as a transparent cement in optical devices (especially in microscopy) and as a mounting medium Hyper oleoresin a naturally occurring mixture of a resin and an essential oil; obtained from certain plants |
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