Storax

[stɔ:ræks]

Definition

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

Typist: Lycurgus--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

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Definition

n. a resin resembling benzoin obtained from the stem of Styrax officinalis a native of Greece and the Levant formerly used as a stimulating expectorant.—Liquid storax liquidambar.

Typed by Abe