Opopanax
/əˈpɑpənæks/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A gum resin obtained from the root of Opopanax chironium, formerly used in medicine. countable, obsolete, uncountable
- 2 an odorous gum resin formerly used in medicines wordnet
- 3 A perfume made from the gum resin of various trees. countable, uncountable
"they were hit by a strong polyaromatic gust [...] which included alcohol fumes, tobacco and hemp-smoke, a spectrum of inexpensive scent in which opopanax and vervain figured prominently"
- 4 The popinac or opopanax tree (Acacia farnesiana, syn. Vachellia farnesiana), an acacia of America. countable, uncountable
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More examples"they were hit by a strong polyaromatic gust [...] which included alcohol fumes, tobacco and hemp-smoke, a spectrum of inexpensive scent in which opopanax and vervain figured prominently"
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin opopanax, from Hellenistic Greek ὀποπάναξ (opopánax), from Ancient Greek ὀπός (opós, “vegetable juice”) + πάναξ (pánax, “any of several plants believed to have medicinal benefits”).