STORAX

storax

(noun) a vanilla-scented resin from various trees of the genus Styrax

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

storax (countable and uncountable, plural storaxes)

Any member of the genus Styrax of trees and shrubs.

The resin of the oriental sweetgum tree (Liquidambar orientalis), formerly used as a stimulating expectorant.

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Source: Wiktionary


Sto"rax, n. Etym: [L. storax, styrax, Gr. Styrax.]

Definition: Any one of a number of similar complex resins obtained from the bark of several trees and shrubs of the Styrax family. The most common of these is liquid storax, a brown or gray semifluid substance of an agreeable aromatic odor and balsamic taste, sometimes used in perfumery, and in medicine as an expectorant.

Note: A yellow aromatic honeylike substance, resembling, and often confounded with, storax, is obtained from the American sweet gum tree (Liquidambar styraciflua), and is much used as a chewing gum, called sweet gum, and liquid storax. Cf. Liquidambar.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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