STYRAX


Meaning of STYRAX in English

ˈstīˌraks noun

Etymology: Latin styrac-, styrax storax, tree (of the genus Styrax ) yielding storax, from Greek styrak-, styrax

1. -es : storax 1, 2

2.

[New Latin Styrac-, Styrax, from Latin]

a. capitalized : a large genus (the type of the family Styracaceae) of shrubs and trees that have usually pubescent leaves and pendulous racemes of flowers with the petals distinct or slightly united and that include forms yielding commercially important resins — see benzoin 1, storax 1

b. -es : any plant of the genus Styrax : storax 3

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