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Definition of Opopanax
1. Noun. An odorous gum resin formerly used in medicines.
Definition of Opopanax
1. n. The inspissated juice of an umbelliferous plant (the Opoponax Chironum), brought from Turkey and the East Indies in loose granules, or sometimes in larger masses, of a reddish yellow color, with specks of white. It has a strong smell and acrid taste, and was formerly used in medicine as an emmenagogue and antispasmodic.
Definition of Opopanax
1. Noun. (obsolete) A gum resin obtained from the root of ''Opopanax chironium'', formerly used in medicine. ¹
2. Noun. A perfume made from the gum resin of various trees. ¹
3. Noun. The opopanax tree, ''Acacia farnesiana'', an acacia of America. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Opopanax
1. a medicinal gum-resin [n -ES]
Medical Definition of Opopanax
1. The inspissated juice of an umbelliferous plant (the Opoponax Chironum), brought from Turkey and the East Indies in loose granules, or sometimes in larger masses, of a reddish yellow colour, with specks of white. It has a strong smell and acrid taste, and was formerly used in medicine as an emmenagogue and antispasmodic. Origin: L, fr. Gr.; vegetable juice +, . A kind of plant: cf. F. Opopanax. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Opopanax
Literary usage of Opopanax
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1871)
"The resin of opopanax melts at 100°, decomposes at a somewhat higher temperature,
and contains, according to Johnston, 63'2—64'0 per cent, carbon and 67 ..."
2. Analysis of Resins, Balsams and Gum-resins: The Chemistry and Pharmacognosis by Karl Dieterich (1901)
"... opopanax. Origin and Habitat.—There are two distinct varieties— I. ...
Other species of Commiphora yield gum resins similar to opopanax. ..."
3. American Gardening (1890)
"The strawberry is coming to be an Where the opopanax (Acacia Farnesiana} Grows.
... "I want to say that Savannah is the home of the opopanax. ..."
4. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1861)
"It concretes into a soft, translucent, yellowish white mass, of the consistency
of soft ointment; but it becomes liquid when rubbed upon tho skin. opopanax ..."
5. Viaggi Di Pietro Della Valle, Il Pellegrino: Descritti Da Lui Medesimo in by Pietro Della Valle (1843)
"... francese che era con me, mi disse, che se ne cava un sugo che si chiama opopanax.
La qual erba diceva egli, che é necessario che in Egitto non sia ..."
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