| anglais > français | |
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| balm | |
| 1. n. Baume. | |
| anglais > anglais | |
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| balm | |
| 1. n. Any of various aromatic resins exuded from certain plants, especially trees of the genus Commiphora of Africa, Arabia and India and Myroxylon of South America. |  |
| 2. n. A plant or tree yielding such substance. | |
| 3. n. Any soothing oil or lotion, especially an aromatic one. | |
| There is a balm in Gilead... (Spiritual) | |
| 4. n. (figuratively) Something soothing. | |
| Classical music is a sweet balm for our sorrows. | |
| 5. n. The lemon balm, Melissa officinalis | |
| 6. n. Any of a number of other aromatic herbs with a similar citrus-like scent, such as bee balm and horse balm. | |
| 7. v. (transitive, archaic) To anoint with balm, or with anything medicinal. | |
| 8. v. (transitive, figurative) To soothe; to mitigate. | |
| français > anglais | |
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| baume | |
| 1. n-m. balm | |
| 2. n-m. balsam | |
