tacahout (takahout)

the small gall formed on the Indian tamarisk, Tamarix Gallica, var. Indica. tacamahac, tacmahack (tak'a-ma-hak, tak'ma-hak), n. [= Sp. tacamaca, tacamacha, formerly tacamahac a; a S. Amer. name.] 1. A gum-resin, the product of several trees, originally that of one or more South American species. The most important tacamahac is derived from Calophyllum Inophyllum, of the East Indies, Polynesia, etc. (see tamanu ), of which the C. Tacamahac a of Madagascar and the isle of Bourbon is a variety. The resin is of a greenish-yellow color, liquid at first, but hardening [ (-a). [L., tabula , a table: see table .] In Rom . antiq ., a depository of public records, corresponding to the tablinum in private houses; hence, sometimes, a similar modern depository. tabularization (tab"ū-lär-i-za's hon), п. tabularize + -ation .] The act of tabularizing, or forming into tables; tabulation. [Rare.] Imp . Dict. tabularize (tab'ū-lär-iz), v. t.; pret. and pp. tabularized, ppr. tabularizing . [ tabular + -ize.] To make tabular, or put into tabular form; tabulate. [Rare.] Imp. Dict. tabularly (tab'u-lär-li), adv. In tabular form; as or by means of a table, list, or schedule. The amount of interest being tabularly stated on the Jevons, Money and Mech. of Exchange, p. 246. Tabulata (tab-u-lā'tä), n. pl. [NL., neut. pl. of tabulatus, tabulate: see tabulate.] One of the groups into which Milne-Edwards and Haime divided sclerodermatous corals. The Tabulata included many forms characterized by highly developed tabulæ dividing the visceral space into several stories one above another. They were distinguished from Aporosa, Per for at a, and Rugosa. tabulate (tab'u-lāt), a. [ It exudes spontaneously or through incisions from the bark and roots. A similar gum is afforded by C. Calaba in the West Indies. The South American tacamahac is the product of Bursera ( Elaphrium ) to mentos a and B. excels a, of Protium ( Icica ) heptaphyllum, and perhaps of some other trees. The buds of Populus balsam if era (see def. 2) are varnished with a resin which may be included under this name, occasionally used in the place of turpentine and other balsams. Tacamahac is sometimes used for incense, was formerly an esteemed internal remedy, and may still be somewhat used in plasters, but is very little in the market. In this sense often tacamahac a. 2. The balsam poplar, Populus balsam if era, found from the northern borders of the United States to Alaska: in the variety candicans known as balm of Gilead, and common in cultivation. It is a large broad-leaved poplar with fragrant buds.