Storax

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. See snowbell.
  • n. An aromatic resin obtained from the snowbell. Also called styrax.
  • n. A brownish aromatic resin used in perfume and medicine and obtained from any of several trees of the genus Liquidambar, especially L. orientalis, of Turkey. Also called styrax.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any member of the genus Styrax of trees and shrubs.
  • n. The resin of the oriental sweetgum tree (Liquidambar orientalis).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A solid resin resembling benzoin, with the fragrance of vanilla, formerly obtained from a small tree, Styrax officinalis, of Asia Minor and Syria.
  • n. The tree yielding storax, or some other tree or shrub of the same genus.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a vanilla-scented resin from various trees of the genus Styrax
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