| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | sto·rax |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  stôr  ks , st r- |
| NOUN: | 1. See snowbell. 2. An aromatic resin obtained from the snowbell. Also called styrax. 3. A brownish aromatic resin used in perfume and medicine and obtained from any of several trees of the genus Liquidambar, especially L. orientalis, of Turkey. Also called styrax. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Latin, alteration of styrax, from Greek sturax, perhaps of Semitic origin. See  rw in Appendix II.
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