balsamic

adj

1. (not-comparable)Producing balsam.
2. (not-comparable)Having the health-giving properties of balsam; soothing, restorative.

   “[…] the Souls of men also shall then catch life from the more pure and Balsamick parts of the Earth, and be cloathed again in terrestriall bodies […]”

3. (not-comparable)Having the pleasant odour of balsam; balmy, fragrant.

   “he stood in the road, fragrant with the odor of the azaleas in the undergrowth and the balsamic breath of the low-hanging firs, which were all fibrously a-glitter wherever the moon touched the dew in the dense midst of their shadows.”

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)Balsamic vinegar.

   “Emilia-Romagna is home to fabled Parmigiano Reggiano cheese and aged balsamics.”