Liquidambar styraciflua

Liquidambar styraciflua
Storax Sto"rax, n. [L. storax, styrax, Gr. ?. Cf. {Styrax}.] 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. [1913 Webster]

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}. [1913 Webster]


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