balm

(bahm) [Fr. baume]. 1. A balsam. 2. A healing or soothing medicine. 3. Any labiate plant of the genus elis’sa, especially M. officsna’lis: carminative and aromatic. b. of Gilead. 1. Mecca balsam. 2. Canada balsam. 3. The resin of poplar buds.