Benzoin

//ˈbɛnzəʊɪn//

Synonyms for "benzoin" (8 found)

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Noun(2 words)

Strong matches (2)

Related words (4)

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Translations

21 translations across 13 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • لُبَان جَاوِيّ noun (resinous substance from tree)

Catalan

1 entries
  • benjuí noun (resinous substance from tree)

French

2 entries
  • benjoin noun (resinous substance from tree)
  • benzoïne noun (white crystalline substance)

German

1 entries
  • Benzoe noun (resinous substance from tree)

Greek

2 entries
  • βενζόη noun (resinous substance from tree)
  • βενζόη noun (white crystalline substance)

Hindi

4 entries
  • गुग्गुल noun (resinous substance from tree)
  • गुग्गुल noun (white crystalline substance)
  • गूगल noun (resinous substance from tree)
  • गूगल noun (white crystalline substance)

Hungarian

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  • benzoe noun (resinous substance from tree)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • kemenyan noun (resinous substance from tree)

Italian

1 entries
  • benzoe noun (resinous substance from tree)

Polish

4 entries
  • benzoes noun (resinous substance from tree)
  • benzoina noun (white crystalline substance)
  • będźwin noun (resinous substance from tree)
  • styraks noun (resinous substance from tree)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • beijoim noun (resinous substance from tree)

Spanish

1 entries
  • benjuí noun (resinous substance from tree)

Thai

1 entries
  • กำยาน noun (resinous substance from tree)

Sample sentences

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These following bodies do not draw: smaragd, achates, corneolus, pearl, jaspis, chalcedonius, alabaster, porphyry, coral, marble, touchstone, haematites, or bloodstone; smyris, ivory, bones, ebontree, cedar, cypress, pitch, softer rosin, camphire, galbanum, ammoniac, storax, benzoin, loadstone, asphaltum.

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Aromatics were used, too, especially in necromancy, and an old recipe of that sort comprises Musk, Myrrh, Frankincense, Red Storax, Mastick, Olibanum, Saffron, Benzoin and Labdanum.

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Nedde: In Arab countries, a mixture of various perfumes, with benzoin and amber predominating, is so called. This mixture, which is black in colour, is formed into a small cylinder and used aphrodisiacally.

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