单词 | storax |
释义 | storax /stawr"aks, stohr"-/, n. 1. a solid resin with a vanillalike odor, obtained from a small tree, Styrax officinalis: formerly used in medicine and perfumery. 2. a liquid balsam (liquid storax) obtained from species of liquidambar, esp. from the wood and inner bark of Liquidambar orientalis (Levant storax), a tree of Asia Minor: used chiefly in medicine and perfumery. 3. any shrub or tree of the genus Styrax, of the storax family, having elongated clusters of showy, white flowers. [1350-1400; ME < L, var. of styrax < Gk stýrax] |
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