black balsam

noun

1. Peru balsam.

Word History and Origins

Origin of black balsam¹

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85

Example Sentences

Additionally, those looking to get some exercise can hike up popular summits like the Black Balsam Knob, Devil's Courthouse or Waterrock Knob to catch a glimpse of the darkness.

From Time

At restaurants and bars all across the country, over a plate of beetroot salad, a bottle of Uzavas beer, or a glass of black balsam liqueur, conversation inevitably turns to Porzingis.

From The New Yorker

Bare, sterile, famished-looking, as far as horticultural and herbaceous crops are concerned, yet rich in pasture and abounding in herds—with vast rocks crested and plumed with rich growths of black balsam, maple, and spruce timber, and with huge boulders scattered carelessly over its surface and margining its streams, St. Lawrence County presents to-day features of savage grandeur as wild and imposing as it did ere the foot of a trapper had profaned its primeval forests.

From Project Gutenberg

It could not have been sound that roused Baree, hidden in the black balsam shadow a dozen paces away.

From Project Gutenberg

The black balsam is neither a cheerful nor a picturesque tree; the frequent rains and mists on Roan keep the grass and mosses green, but the ground damp.

From Project Gutenberg