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styrax


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Styrax  \Sty"rax\,  n.  [L.  styrax,  storax,  Gr  ?.  See  {Storax}.] 
  1.  (Bot.)  A  genus  of  shrubs  and  trees,  mostly  American  or 
  Asiatic,  abounding  in  resinous  and  aromatic  substances. 
  {Styrax  officinalis}  yields  storax,  and  {S.  Benzoin} 
  yields  benzoin. 
 
  2.  Same  as  {Storax}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  styrax 
  n  :  any  shrub  or  small  tree  of  the  genus  Styrax  having  fragrant 
  bell-shaped  flowers  that  hang  below  the  dark  green 
  foliage 




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