styraxn.
/ˈstʌɪəraks/ 1. An aromatic gum; = storax n. 1.
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myrrheOE
balsamc1000
galbanec1000
draganta1300
sandragon1334
gum arabica1350
storaxa1382
galbanum1382
asafœtidaa1398
cinnabara1398
guttaa1398
frankincensea1400
labdanuma1400
opopanaxa1400
gum-arabicc1400
sarcocolc1400
ammoniacc1420
gristle?1537
ladanum1551
dragon's blood1555
benzoin1558
styrax1558
tragacanth1558
gum tragacanth1562
amber1565
anime1577
laser1578
benjamin1580
sarcocolla1584
bdellium1585
sagapenum1597
liquidambar1598
red gum1614
gamboge1615
laudanum1616
gum ammoniac1627
male incense1647
sandarac1655
flesh-glue1659
adragant1696
dammar1698
sagapen1712
gum-dragon1718
courbaril1753
gum-senegal1760
Jew's frankincense1760
guggul1813
angico1821
gum-kino1830
butea gum1832
piney varnish1832
Kuteera gum1838
acaroid1839
bumbo1839
thus1842
gum-juniper1844
piney dammar1846
acacine1855
mochras1856
talha1857
copalm balsam1858
gum benjamin1859
wattle-gum1863
Senegal gum1867
Suakin1874
Barbary gum1875
oliva1882
ledon1885
jatoba1890
mimosa gum1890
xylan1894
gum accroides1909
karaya1916
1558 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli Secretes Alexis of Piemount i. f. 45 Take..Ambergryse,..Styrax calamita, [etc.]..And the Ambre, Styrax, and other thinges that remaine in the bottome of the sayd vessel,..will be excedinge good to make muske or swete balles.
1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. ii. iii. 336 Belzoin, Ladanum, Styrax, and such like gummes, which make a pleasant and acceptable perfume.
1783 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 73 239 It is but too common to find it adulterated..with styrax or other resins.
1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 687/2 It is from the bark of this latter tree [Liquidambar orientalis] that the storax of the ancients.., the medicinal styrax of to-day, is prepared.
2. A styrax-tree (see Compounds 2). Cf. storax n. 2.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular tree or plant yielding useful gum or resin > [noun] > Asian > styrax tree
styrax tree1579
Benjamin tree1640
storax1694
Jew's frankincense1760
styrax1832
1832 W. Macgillivray Trav. & Researches A. von Humboldt xxiii. 329 The truncated cone of Tolima..rises amidst forests of styrax.
Compounds
C1.
styrax-flowing adj.
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1786 J. Abercrombie Arrangem. Plants 30 in Gardeners Daily Assistant Liquidambar, or sweet gum tree Styrax-flowing.
C2.
styrax tree n. a tree of the genus Styrax, esp. S. officinalis.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular tree or plant yielding useful gum or resin > [noun] > Asian > styrax tree
styrax tree1579
Benjamin tree1640
storax1694
Jew's frankincense1760
styrax1832
1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 497 Not farre from thence there grow great plenty of Styrax [printed Styrap] trees.
1767 J. Abercrombie Every Man his Own Gardener (1805) 685/1 Styrax-tree, officinal.
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