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opopanax |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Opopanax \O*pop"a*nax\, n. [L., fr Gr ?; ? vegetable juice + ?, ?. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: opopanax n : an odorous gum resin formerly used in medicines
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