Storax

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any member of the genus Styrax of about 130 species of large shrubs or small trees, mostly native to temperate or tropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a vanilla-scented resin from various trees of the genus Styrax wordnet
  3. 3
    The resin of the oriental sweetgum tree (Liquidambar orientalis), formerly used as a stimulating expectorant. countable, uncountable

    "Your onely way to make a good pomander, is this. Take an ownce of the pureſt garden mould, clenſed and ſteeped ſeauen daies in change of motherleſſe roſe water, then take the beſt Labdanum, Benioine, both Storaxes, amber greece, and Ciuet, and muſke, incorporate them together, and work them into what form you pleaſe; this, if your breath bee not to valiant, will make you ſmell as ſweete as my Ladies dogge."

Etymology

From Middle English storace, storage, storax, storaxe, storrax, from Latin storax, styrax, from Ancient Greek στύραξ (stúrax). Doublet of styrax.

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