storax
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- noun
- /ˈstɔræks/
- Specialized
:
estora
Examples
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"Please, Alobar!" She picked the hairs from the storax and flicked them to the floor.
Fiction book (1990) -
Paying him little heed when he entered, Kudra remained bent over a large candle, heating some newly purchased storax resin in a metal cup.
Fiction book (1990) -
The perfumer used storax to create a warm, vanilla-like fragrance for the new perfume.
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She added a few drops of storax resin to the ointment for its soothing properties.
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In the ancient world, people burned storax to release its sweet aroma during ceremonies.
Synonyms
A fragrant sticky substance from trees that grow in Sumatra used in perfumes and medicine
A fragrant sticky substance from a tree in Sumatra used in perfumes, incense, and medicines
A fragrant sticky gum from plants used long ago in medicine and perfumes
A fragrant resin from trees used in incense, varnish, and perfume
A sweet-smelling gum burned as incense in the Bible
Compounds
- Specialized
A group of shrubs and trees like snowbell and storax that often make a sticky resin
Surface Forms
Etymology
Storax comes from old Greek and Latin names storax or styrax for a tree and its fragrant resin from the Near East. So storax today means the resin with a 'vanilla-like' scent used in perfumes and medicine.