balsam

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Walcott studied the fossils by cutting them into sections of paper-thin slices of rock and attaching them to glass slides using balsam sap.

From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2023

It was a beach day, by Maine standards — slightly overcast and moderately balmy, with a hint of balsam in the air.

From New York Times • Aug. 25, 2023

In 1992, he began providing thousands of balsam wreaths to adorn headstones at Arlington.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 29, 2023

Even now, its balsam firs continue to deteriorate from moose browsing and an attack of tree-killing spruce budworm, the report said.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 14, 2023

Dogwood, elms, hemlocks, balsam firs, and red spruces still thrived.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson