Storax
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Storax is a noun meaning The resin of the oriental sweetgum tree (Liquidambar orientalis), formerly used as a stimulating expectorant.
Meaning
The resin of the oriental sweetgum tree (Liquidambar orientalis), formerly used as a stimulating expectorant.
More Meanings
- 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.
Example Sentences
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.
Your onely way to make a good pomander, is this. Take an ownce of the pureſt garden mould, clenſed and ſteeped ſeauen daies in change of motherleſſe roſe water, then take the beſt Labdanum, Benioine, both Storaxes, amber greece, and Ciuet, and muſke, incorporate them together, and work them into what form you pleaſe; this, if your breath bee not to valiant, will make you ſmell as ſweete as my Ladies dogge.
Word Forms
- storaxes
Synonyms for storax
Depending on context, synonyms include styrax, rose mallows.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include levant, styrax, sterculia, stinkwood, diospyros, stipa.
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