1) Fragrant balsam 2) Natural resin
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• (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.Storax: words in the defini...
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(from the article `storax`) ...America and growing from 1.8 to 2.7 metres (6 to 9 feet); and S. officinalis (snowdrop bush), native to eastern Europe and Asia Minor and growing ...
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any of about 120 species of the genus Styrax, shrubs and trees of the family Styracaceae, mostly in tropical or warm regions. The deciduous leaves ...
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(Styrax) This group of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs are natives of North America, Europe and Asia. They are commonly known as Snowbells or Storax. S. japonica (Japanese Snowbell) is an attractive, slow-growing, flowering shrub or tree that eventually reaches a height of up to 30 feet. It produces a round head of wide-spreading branches ...
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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 odour and balsamic taste, sometimes used in perfumery, and in medicine as an expectorant. ... A yellow aromatic honeylike subst...
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Sto'rax noun [ Latin
storax ,
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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 agre...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: stō′raks Definitions: 1. A liquid balsam obtained from the wood and inner bark of Liquidamber orientalis, a tree of Asia Minor, or L. styraciflua (family Hamamelidaceae); has been used in the treatment of chronic inflammation of the mucous membranes, and externally for scabies. Synonyms: styrax ...
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Storax is a balsam obtained by boiling the inner bark of the tree Liquidambar orientalis. It forms a brownish- yellow syrup with an aromatic taste and smell. It was used in medicine for destroying parasites and internally as an expectorant and mucous disinfectant.
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n] - a vanilla-scented resin from various trees of the genus Styrax
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noun a vanilla-scented resin from various trees of the genus Styrax
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a solid resin with a vanillalike odor, obtained from a small tree, Styrax officinalis: formerly used in medicine and perfumery. · a liquid balsamobtained from species of liquidambar, esp. from the wood and inner bark of Liquidambar orientalisa tree of Asia Minor: used chiefly in medicine and perfumery. · any shrub or tree of the genus ...
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