1. Gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation
   - gum benzoin, benjamin, gum benjamin, asa dulcis

1. Used in some classifications for the American spicebush and certain other plants often included in the genus Lindera
   - genus Benzoin

Derived forms: benzoins

See also: benzoic

Type of: gum resin, magnoliid dicot genus

Part of: family Lauraceae, Lauraceae, laurel family

Encyclopedia: Benzoin

• Peripatopsis
• peripatus
• peripeteia
• peripetia
• peripety
• peripheral
• peripheral device
• peripheral nervous system
• peripheral vision
• peripherally
• periphery
• periphrasis
• periphrastic
• periphrastically
• Periplaneta
• Periplaneta americana
• Periplaneta australasiae
• periplasm
• periplasmic space
• Periploca
• Periploca graeca
• peripteral
• perique
• perirhinal
• periscope