קְטָף, (preced.) [incision,] resin gained by tapping, balsam; עץ הק׳ (or sub. עץ) balsam-tree. Shebi. VII, 6 אין לק׳ וכ׳ the law of the Sabbatical year does not apply to the balsam tree; Tosef. ib. V, 12 יש לק׳ שביעית (ed. Zuck. לקט בש׳, corr. acc.) the law does apply; Y. Orl. I, 61ᵇ bot. Nidd. 8ᵇ קְטָפוֹ זה פריו its resin is its fruit. Ker. 6ᵃ הצרי … מעצי ק׳ tsŏri is the sap that drips from resinous trees. Gen. R. s. 91, v. בַּלְסָם; a. fr.