1 balsam bog | Definition of balsam bog

balsam bog

noun

Definition of balsam bog

1 : a plant (Azorella glebaria) of the Falkland islands and Patagonia that belongs to the carrot family, forms dense woody hillocks often several feet in height, and yields a gum used as a folk remedy
2 : a usually sphagnous bog in northeastern America containing the balsam fir