Category:Opopanax

O*pop"a*nax, n. Etym: [l., fr. Gr. opopanax.]

Defn: 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.