Category:Storax

Sto"rax, n. Etym: [l. storax, styrax, gr. Styrax.]

Defn: 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.

Note: a yellow aromatic honeylike substance, resembling, and often Confounded with, storax, is obtained from the american sweet gum tree (liquidambar styraciflua), and is much used as a chewing gum, called Sweet gum, and liquid storax. Cf. Liquidambar.