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opopanax

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19
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22
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/əˈpɒpənaks/ (UK)
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/əˈpɒpənaks/ (UK) · /əˈpɑpənæks/

Definition of opopanax

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)A gum resin obtained from the root of Opopanax chironium, formerly used in medicine.
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noun

  1. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)A gum resin obtained from the root of Opopanax chironium, formerly used in medicine.
  2. (countable, uncountable)A perfume made from the gum resin of various trees.
    “they were hit by a strong polyaromatic gust [...] which included alcohol fumes, tobacco and hemp-smoke, a spectrum of inexpensive scent in which opopanax and vervain figured prominently”
  3. (countable, uncountable)The popinac or opopanax tree (Acacia farnesiana, syn. Vachellia farnesiana), an acacia of America.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin opopanax, from Hellenistic Greek ὀποπάναξ (opopánax), from Ancient Greek ὀπός (opós, “vegetable juice”) + πάναξ (pánax, “any of several plants believed to have medicinal benefits”).

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