Balsam is also an alternative spelling of the drink balzam. Species Impatiens balsamina - Rose balsam Impatiens capensis - Spotted jewelweed Impatiens glandulifera - Himalayan Balsam Impatiens malabarica Impatiens niamniamensis Impatiens nolitangere - Touch-me-not balsam Impatiens pallida - Pale jewelweed Impatiens parviflora - Small balsam Impatiens repens Impatiens walleriana - Busy Lizzie Impatiens is a genus of about 800-900 species of flowering plants in... Binomial name Abies balsamea (L.) Mill. ... Binomial name see text The balsam poplars Populus sect. ... Balzam, Riga Balzam, Melnais Balzam or Black Balsam is a traditional Latvian liqueur made with many (some say 99) different ingredients mixed in pure vodka, giving a 45% abv (90 proof) drink. ...
This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. If an article link referred you here, you might want to go back and fix it to point directly to the intended page.
Balsam is an oily, resinous, and odorous substance, which flows spontaneously or by incision from certain plants, and which the Church mixes with olive oil for use as chrism.
Balsams are very widely distributed throughout the plant kingdom, being particularly abundant in the pine family, but the name is generally restricted in the present day to resins which in addition to a volatile oil contain benzoic and cinnamic acid.
Later he mixes the balsam with a little oil on a paten and pours it into the chrism with a suitable invocation: "May this mixture of liquors be to those who shall be anointed with it, a propitiation and a salutary protection for ever and ever.
Feeds |
Contact