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balm (tree) † 
n. the balsam poplar, Populus balsamifera, found throughout the forested areas of Canada.
See also: Balm of Gilead bam (tree)
- 1922 There was no path between the slim, close-growing trunks of poplar and balm, and we had to make progress as best we could.
- 1958 . . . poplar and balm trees which could be cut and rolled into position for the house.
- 1962 Sometimes in the narrow valley the spruce gave place to great black poplar-trees; 'bam-trees' in the vernacular. They are called 'bam' as an abbreviation for Balm of Gilead; well named for the aromatic smell of their buds in springtime.
- 1922 There was no path between the slim, close-growing trunks of poplar and balm, and we had to make progress as best we could.