A thick, aromatic, reddish brown resin (balsam) exudes from the bark of damaged tree trunks.    From LearnThat.org.  [http://www.innvista.com/health/herbs/perubals.htm]

Abies Englemanii, near of kin to what is often called the balsam fir.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains] Reference

Nipped by the frost till the tang of their loosened balsam is keener.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Watchman and Other Poems] Reference

The Smith/Stearn/Smith volume lists the first but omits balsam from the vernacular list.    From Wordnik.com.  [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol V No 3] Reference

Back: Spinach and feta “börek” roll, roasted bell peppers in balsam vinegar, a babybel cheese and a chocolate frog.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bento #223 « Were rabbits] Reference

The most attractive tree I have seen is the silver spruce, Abies Englemanii, near of kin to what is often called the balsam fir.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains] Reference

Myroxylon, which yields the resinous drug called balsam of Tolu.    From Wordnik.com.  [Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture] Reference

It is chiefly of the species called balsam poplar, (Populus balsamifera.).    From Wordnik.com.  [Townsend Chapter 8] Reference

Nature lovers are being invited to help clear an invasive plant called balsam from the.    From Wordnik.com.  [lep.co.uk - News Feed] Reference

Taking my balsam is a mode of embalming one's body prior to death; man is thus rendered immortal.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memoirs of Robert-Houdin]

The balsam is a growth peculiar to the Black Mountains, the Roan, and several other high mountains.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mountain Scenery. The Scenery of the Mountains of Western North Carolina and Northwestern South Carolina.] Reference

The Italian word balsam means balm, something soothing, even an ointment, and that it certainly is.    From Wordnik.com.  [Meathead Goldwyn: Balsamic Vinegar: Magnificence and Deception] Reference

This country bears that balsam, which is the most precious drug that is there, and grows there alone.    From Wordnik.com.  [Antiquities of the Jews] Reference

The balsam from the trunk is highly odoriferous, and used in perfumery, and is known as balsam of acouchi; it is used in medicine.    From Wordnik.com.  [Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture] Reference

A thick dark mass is formed, the so-called balsam of sulphur.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants] Reference

And balsam from the glens of pine will fall.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Watchman and Other Poems] Reference

Don't you know there's a famous stuff for cuts and wounds, called balsam? ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Peter Simple] Reference

Practice building fires for cooking, or getting material for a bed such as balsam, etc.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts] Reference

"balsam," and is used by the natives of the countries where it is found as a cure for wounds.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Land of Fire A Tale of Adventure] Reference

Or fill a bowl of sachet with some balsam fir needles.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lead? Phthalates? Keep harmful chemicals out of your home] Reference

Examine the gum "blisters" in the bark of the balsam tree.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference

Or the plug may be dipped in Friar's balsam, or tincture of Kino.    From Wordnik.com.  [One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed] Reference

Take two ounces balsam of fir to one ounce spirits of turpentine.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources] Reference

Get a large wide-mouthed bottle and pour the balsam and benzole into it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892] Reference

Dissolve the balsam and gum in the spirits of wine and it is ready for use.    From Wordnik.com.  [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference

Take of Canada balsam 3 drachms; gum sandric 3 drachms; spirits of wine 1/2 pint.    From Wordnik.com.  [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference

Canada balsam, thus obtained, is a clear liquid from a fir tree of the same name.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conservation Reader] Reference

If no pines are to be found in the vicinity, balsam or spruce may be substituted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference

If the sheeted wax is to be used in summer, put in a little balsam of fir to make it hard.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources] Reference

One-half ounce balsam copaiba, one-quarter ounce liquorice powder, one-half drachm piperine.    From Wordnik.com.  [One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed] Reference

Take one part turpentine, two parts alcohol, (90 proof,) three parts balsam of fir, and mix.    From Wordnik.com.  [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference

The banks are dark and overhung by Himalayan balsam, elder and low branches of beech and sycamore.    From Wordnik.com.  [Country diary: North Derbyshire] Reference

"And a good bed of balsam boughs," added Bob, "and a fine camp fire, and we can sit wound it and talk it all over.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Air Ship Boys : Or, the Quest of the Aztec Treasure] Reference

The snapping cold and the odor of balsam and pine gave a tang to the taste that none of them had ever known before.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ruth Fielding at Snow Camp Or, Lost in the Backwoods] Reference

Soon after the departure of Tom and his friends the girls started out with bags to gather the balsam for the pillows.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ruth Fielding at Snow Camp Or, Lost in the Backwoods] Reference

"Although," as Alan expressed it, "one of Elmer's hot suppers and a soft bed of balsam boughs to-night wouldn't be bad.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Air Ship Boys : Or, the Quest of the Aztec Treasure] Reference