01 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 t…
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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.