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1. (n.) storax
a solid resin with a vanillalike odor, obtained from a small tree, Styrax officinalis: formerly used in medicine and perfumery.
2. storax
a liquid balsam obtained from certain liquidambar trees, used chiefly in medicine and perfumery.
3. storax
any of various shrubs or trees of the genus Styrax, having elongated clusters of showy white flowers.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L, var. of styrax < Gk stýrax)
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1. (noun) storax
a vanilla-scented resin from various trees of the genus Styrax
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1. (noun) storax
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
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