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opopanax
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Opopanax
(gcide) | Opopanax \O*pop"a*nax\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?; ? vegetable juice +
pa`nax, pa`nakes, a kind of plant: cf. F. opopanax.]
The inspissated juice of an umbelliferous plant (the
Opoponax Chironum), brought from Turkey and the East Indies
in loose granules, or sometimes in larger masses, of a
reddish yellow color, with specks of white. It has a strong
smell and acrid taste, and was formerly used in medicine as
an emmenagogue and antispasmodic. --Dunglison.
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opopanax
(wn) | opopanax
n 1: an odorous gum resin formerly used in medicines |
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Opopanax
(gcide) | Opopanax \O*pop"a*nax\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?; ? vegetable juice +
pa`nax, pa`nakes, a kind of plant: cf. F. opopanax.]
The inspissated juice of an umbelliferous plant (the
Opoponax Chironum), brought from Turkey and the East Indies
in loose granules, or sometimes in larger masses, of a
reddish yellow color, with specks of white. It has a strong
smell and acrid taste, and was formerly used in medicine as
an emmenagogue and antispasmodic. --Dunglison.
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