storax

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A brownish aromatic resin used in perfume and medicine and obtained from any of several trees of the genus Liquidambar, especially L. orientalis, of Turkey.

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An aromatic resin obtained from a Mediterranean species of snowbell.

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A solid resin resembling benzoin, with the fragrance of vanilla, formerly obtained from a small tree, Styrax officinalis, of Asia Minor and Syria.

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The tree yielding storax, or some other tree or shrub of the same genus.

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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 odor and balsamic taste, sometimes used in perfumery, and in medicine as an expectorant.

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Any member of the genus Styrax of trees and shrubs.

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The resin of the oriental sweetgum tree (Liquidambar orientalis).

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a vanilla-scented resin from various trees of the genus Styrax