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Definition of Styrax
1. Noun. Any shrub or small tree of the genus Styrax having fragrant bell-shaped flowers that hang below the dark green foliage.
Specialized synonyms: Snowbell, Styrax Obassia, Japanese Snowbell, Styrax Japonicum, Styrax Texana, Texas Snowbell, Texas Snowbells
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Definition of Styrax
1. n. A genus of shrubs and trees, mostly American or Asiatic, abounding in resinous and aromatic substances. Styrax officinalis yields storax, and S. Benzoin yields benzoin.
Definition of Styrax
1. Noun. 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Styrax
1. storax [n -ES] - See also: storax
Lexicographical Neighbors of Styrax
Literary usage of Styrax
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Mechanic and World of Science (1887)
"A number of other resins have also been tried; but I don't know that any of them
have shown any advantages over Canada balsam or styrax, and I am unable to ..."
2. Pharmacographia; a History of the Principal Drugs of Vegetable Origin, Met by Friedrich August Flückiger, Daniel Hanbury (1879)
"1 The feminine gender of styrax has same opinion is adopted by Boissier, Flora
denotes the tree, as also does sometimes ..."
3. Journal of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy by Philadelphia College of Pharmacy (1831)
"On styrax or Storax of Bogota. By M. Bonastre.—We find in the Journal de Pharmacie
for February 1830, a short account of this substance, which we offer to ..."
4. A Botanical Materia Medica: Consisting of the Generic and Specific by Jonathan Stokes (1812)
"J. L b. 341, cop. from styrax. Matth. 89, which impr. in Cam. epit. 38. styrax.
Storax. Resin. Pharm. lond.—Alst. ii. 417. Dvle 297. Lew. ii, 391. Monro ii. ..."
5. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1905)
"über die Ausscheidung des styrax líquidos.] Moskva, 1902, (63, mit 11 Tat.).
25 ein. [1050 1500 2020 2450 2520]. 13154 Eckardt, Wilhelm. ..."
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