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Definition of Storax
1. Noun. A vanilla-scented resin from various trees of the genus Styrax.
Definition of Storax
1. n. 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.
Definition of Storax
1. Noun. Any member of the genus ''Styrax'' of trees and shrubs. ¹
2. Noun. The resin of the oriental sweetgum tree (''Liquidambar orientalis''). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Storax
1. a fragrant resin [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Storax
Literary usage of Storax
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"This liquid storax is nearly related to another harder renin—the exudation of
... storax has been identified in the resin« obtained from embalmed Egyptian ..."
2. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"This liquid storax is nearly related to another harder resin—the exudation of
... To obtain the storax the outer bark of the tree is removed, and the inner ..."
3. Pharmaceutical Journal by Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1863)
"That the resin called Liquid storax is produced by Liquidambar day s. where the
drug is collected. orientale Mill., a tree indigenous to the south-west of ..."
4. A handbook of therapeutics by Sydney Ringer (1873)
"storax. JUNIPER, etc. THIS group consists of volatile oils, or substances containing
volatile oils. Some of the members, containing a bitter constituent, ..."
5. Science Papers: Chiefly Pharmacological and Botanical by Daniel Hanbury (1876)
"Ancient History of storax. ADDITIONAL OBSERVATIONS ON storax. 3. That the resin
called Liquid storax is produced by Liquid- ambar orientale, Mill., ..."
6. Analysis of Resins, Balsams and Gum-resins: The Chemistry and Pharmacognosis by Karl Dieterich (1901)
"Ordinary storax, from Asia Minor, is a turbid, hydrated, viscid, sticky, grey
balsam, of spicy, irritant flavour, and with an odour like benzoin. ..."
7. A Practical Treatise on Animal and Vegetable Fats and Oils: Comprising Both by William Theodore Brannt, Karl Schaedler (1896)
"storax is a balsam prepared from the bark of Liquidambar orientale, Mill., ...
Liquid storax smells at the same time of jonquil and tar oil, ..."
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