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Gurjun is a thin balsam or oil, derived from trees of the genus Dipterocarpus, in Burma and the Far East. It was used for mixing paints, preserving wood from the attacks of white ants, and also medicinally.
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Balsam is a genus of herbs.
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The Balsam Carpet (Xanthorhoe biriviata) is a moth of the family Geometridae with a wing span of between 18 and 22 mm found in the deciduous forest belt of Europe and Asia flying from April to August in two generations.
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The Cembra Pine (Swiss stone pine, Siberian pine, Arolla pine) is a conifer found in Central Europe. It has edible seeds and yields a turpentine called Carpathian balsam.
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Clusia or Lecluse is a genus of evergreen shrubs and trees belonging to the family Guttiferae. They are natives of tropical countries and are popularly known as balsam trees.
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The Geranium (Crane's Bill) is an herbaceous plant of the family Geraniaceae, akin to the Wood Sorrel and Balsam. It takes its alternative name of Crane's Bill from the fancied resemblance of the fruit to the beak of a crane. They have usually palmately divided leaves and regular flowers with ten stamens and five carpels. Some thirteen species are wild in Britain, of which the Geranium robertianum or herb-robert is the most common. An American species, Geranium maculatum, from its astringency called 'alum-root,' is used medicinally as a gargle and otherwise. The so-called geraniums of our gardens belong to the genus Petargonium. Cultivation has produced many varieties, which from their beauty are great favourites.
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Jewelweed, also known as Wild Balsam, Balsam-weed, Pale-touch-me-not, Spotted-touch-me-not, Slipperweed, Silverweed and Wild Lady's Slipper (Impatiens aurea or Impatiens biflora) is a tall and branching succulent annual plant of the family Geraniaceae, found growing in low-lying, damp rich soil beside streams and similar damp locations. The leaves are thin, ovate, more or less toothed and of a green colour. The slipper-shaped flowers are yellow and have long recurved tails.
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Martin Balsam was an American actor. He was born in 1919 at the Bronx, New York and died in 1996.
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Balsam of tolu or tolu balsam, is a substance that exudes from incisions in the bark of the Myroxylon balsamum (formerly Myroxylon toluferum) tree grown in Central and South America. It is used in perfumery and in cough medicine as an expectorant.
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Storax is a balsam obtained by boiling the inner bark of the tree Liquidambar orientalis. It forms a brownish- yellow syrup with an aromatic taste and smell. It was used in medicine for destroying parasites and internally as an expectorant and mucous disinfectant.
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