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storax


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  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}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  storax 
  n  :  a  vanilla-scented  resin  from  various  trees  of  the  genus 
  Styrax 




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