Storax

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Storax \Sto"rax\, n. [L. storax, styrax, Gr. ?. Cf. {Styrax}.]
     Any one of a number of similar complex resins obtained from
     the bark of several trees and shrubs of the Styrax family.
     The most common of these is {liquid storax}, a brown or gray
     semifluid substance of an agreeable aromatic odor and
     balsamic taste, sometimes used in perfumery, and in medicine


     as an expectorant.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: A yellow aromatic honeylike substance, resembling, and
           often confounded with, storax, is obtained from the
           American sweet gum tree ({Liquidambar styraciflua}),
           and is much used as a chewing gum, called sweet gum,
           and liquid storax. Cf. {Liquidambar}.
           [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  storax
       n : a vanilla-scented resin from various trees of the genus
           Styrax