tacamahac

Etymology
From, from , to use the spelling of Hernandez 1614.

In European languages there was contamination between and various Algonquian words containing the final, including the sources of  and , as was already recognized by Chamberlain 1902.

Noun

 * 1) A bitter balsamic resin or resinous exudation obtained from tropical American trees of the family  ( and ), from East Indian trees of the genus, or from the balsam poplar.
 * 2) Any tree yielding tacamahac resin, especially, in North America, the balsam poplar or.