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storax
(encz) | storax, n: |
Storax
(gcide) | Storax \Sto"rax\, n. [L. storax, styrax, Gr. ?. Cf. Styrax.]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster] |
storax
(wn) | storax
n 1: a vanilla-scented resin from various trees of the genus
Styrax |
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storax
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storax family
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liquid storax
(gcide) | Storax \Sto"rax\, n. [L. storax, styrax, Gr. ?. Cf. Styrax.]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster] |
storax
(wn) | storax
n 1: a vanilla-scented resin from various trees of the genus
Styrax |
storax family
(wn) | storax family
n 1: a widely distributed family of shrubs and trees of order
Ebenales [syn: Styracaceae, family Styracaceae, {storax
family}, styrax family] |
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