STORAX
- solid resin with a vanillalike odor, obtained from a small tree, Styrax officinalis: formerly used in medicine and perfumery
- liquid balsam (liquid storax) obtained from species of liquidambar, esp. from the wood and inner bark of Liquidambar orientalis(Levant storax), a tree of Asia Minor: used chiefly in medicine and perfumery
- any shrub or tree of the genus Styrax, of the storax family, having elongated clusters of showy, white flowers
- a fragrant resin, also STYRAX [n -ES]