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Balsamy (adj) means Similar to balsam in smell or texture.

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Similar to balsam in smell or texture.

"Beyond that there was a lane between ranks of young, balsamy, white-misted firs and then an open pasture field, sere and crispy." — Lucy Maud Montgomery, Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories (1904)

"It was pleasant now to sit on his own doorstep and smell the delicate perfume of the roses and the balsamy odors from the woods behind." — Bertrand W. Sinclair, Poor Man's Rock (1920)

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