balsamy
- a word derived from balsam.
Example Sentences
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The red light between the boughs made brilliant carpet patterns on the thick pine needles and the smell was balsamy and sweet.
From Keziah Coffin by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby
It was a pretty road, running along between snug farmsteads, with now and again a bit of balsamy fir wood to drive through or a hollow where wild plums hung out their filmy bloom.
From Anne of Green Gables by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
The valley and the sentinel peaks that stood guard over it, the lowlands duskily green and full of balsamy odors from the forest, was still a goodly place to be.
From The Hidden Places by Sinclair, Bertrand W.
The sunlight glinted on the hemlock needles, all the way up the hillsides, and a balsamy sweetness seemed to be all about us, mixed with the pungent smoke of our wood fire.
From A Northern Countryside by Richards, Rosalind
And then, with his arms full of the fragrant, balsamy boughs, he stopped and let them slip down to the ground and himself sat down upon a log and filled his pipe with slow fingers.
From The Everlasting Whisper by Gregory, Jackson
