Storax

noun

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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."

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resinrose mallowsstyrax

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"Then Israel said to them: If it must needs be so, do what you will: take of the best fruits of the land in your vessels, and carry down presents to the man, a little balm, and honey, and storax, myrrh, turpentine, and almonds."

Etymology

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

Related phrases

liquidambar orientalisoriental sweetgum

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