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opopanax


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Opopanax  \O*pop"a*nax\,  n.  [L.,  fr  Gr  ?;  ?  vegetable  juice  + 
  ?,  ?.  a  kind  of  plant:  cf  F.  opopanax.] 
  The  inspissated  juice  of  an  umbelliferous  plant  (the 
  {Opoponax  Chironum}),  brought  from  Turkey  and  the  East  Indies 
  in  loose  granules,  or  sometimes  in  larger  masses,  of  a 
  reddish  yellow  color,  with  specks  of  white.  It  has  a  strong 
  smell  and  acrid  taste,  and  was  formerly  used  in  medicine  as 
  an  emmenagogue  and  antispasmodic.  --Dunglison. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  opopanax 
  n  :  an  odorous  gum  resin  formerly  used  in  medicines 




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