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Definition of Benzoin

1. Noun. Gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation.

2. Noun. Used in some classifications for the American spicebush and certain other plants often included in the genus Lindera.

Definition of Benzoin

1. n. A resinous substance, dry and brittle, obtained from the Styrax benzoin, a tree of Sumatra, Java, etc., having a fragrant odor, and slightly aromatic taste. It is used in the preparation of benzoic acid, in medicine, and as a perfume.

Definition of Benzoin

1. Noun. A resinous substance, dry and brittle, obtained from the ''Styrax benzoin'', a tree of Sumatra, Java, etc., having a fragrant odor, and slightly aromatic taste. It is used in the preparation of benzoic acid, in medicine, and as a perfume. ¹

2. Noun. (organic compound) An aromatic hydroxy ketone, ''2-hydroxy-1,2-di(phenyl)ethanone'', synthesized from benzaldehyde; any derivative of this compound ¹

3. Noun. (botany) The spicebush, ''Lindera benzoin'' ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Benzoin

1. a gum resin [n -S] : BENZOIC [adj]

Medical Definition of Benzoin

1. 1. A resinous substance, dry and brittle, obtained from the Styrax benzoin, a tree of Sumatra, Java, etc, having a fragrant odour, and slightly aromatic taste. It is used in the preparation of benzoic acid, in medicine, and as a perfume. 2. A white crystalline substance, C14H12O2, obtained from benzoic aldehyde and some other sources. 3. The spicebush (Lindera benzoin). Flowers of benzoin, benzoic acid. See Benzoic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Benzoin

benzodiazepines benzodioxol benzodioxole benzodithiophene benzoflavones benzofluorene benzofuran benzofurans benzofuranyl benzoheterocycle

benzoheterocycles benzohydroquinone benzoic benzoic acid benzoic aldehyde benzoin (current term) benzoinated benzoinated lard benzoins benzoisochromanequinone

benzoisothiazole benzol benzolamide benzole benzole benzol benzoles benzoline benzolines benzols benzomorphan

Literary usage of Benzoin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The produce of the first three years is known as " head " benzoin, ... In commerce the gum-resin is distinguished as Siam or Sumatra benzoin, according to ..."

2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1896)
"It was with the view of studying how these bodies would react with benzoin that this work was undertaken. It seemed very probable that by heating the amides ..."

3. American Druggist (1891)
"The Commercial Varieties of benzoin. AN editorial in a recent number of the Chemist and Druggist (September 26th), evidently written by an «xpert to whom ..."

4. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"Ho also finds that benzoin from Sumatra contains benzoic acid, ... The benzoin of Java and Sumatra is derived from the thick- stemmed trees of Sli/rax ..."

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