styrax

/ ˈstaɪræks /

noun

1. any tropical or subtropical tree of the genus Styrax, which includes the storaxes

Word History and Origins

Origin of styrax¹

C16: via Latin from Greek sturax

Example Sentences

It is occasionally met with largely adulterated with liquid styrax.

From Project Gutenberg

The Styrax benzon, a native of the Indian islands, yields the resin called benzoin.

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Styrax is a remedy of value and is commonly employed as an ointment in the strength of one part to two or three parts of lard.

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It exudes from the Styrax benzoin by wounding the tree, and drying, becomes a hard gum-resin.

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Liquid storax or styrax preparatus, is a balsam yielded by Liquidambar orientalis, a native of Asia Minor.

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