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What is a storax?

What is a storax? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Any member of the genus Styrax of trees and shrubs.
  2. The resin of the oriental sweetgum tree (Liquidambar orientalis).
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At the same time, storax imparts an intensely animal quality, creating a seductive aura.
They wash the body of the deceased to that sad cadence, and perfume it with storax, and other perfumes which are used among them.
This liquid storax has been confused with the storax of antiquity which came from the bark of the Styrax officinalis, a Mediterranean shrub.
Her Majesty the rose, heady and sensuous, spiced with precious saffron stamens? and set off with fragrant storax.
The storax is here chiefly employed to disguise the odour and taste of opium.
This storax resin is sometimes called liquid storax, because it comes in a pourable semi-liquid state, and is sold by the fluid ounce.

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