opopanax

English

An opopanax tree, Acacia farnesciana

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”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈpɒpənaks/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈpɑpənæks/

Noun

opopanax (countable and uncountable, plural opopanaxes)

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

   Synonym: bisabol

2. A perfume made from the gum resin of various trees.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 450:

     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. The popinac or opopanax tree (Acacia farnesiana, syn. Vachellia farnesiana), an acacia of America.

Translations

gum from the root of Opopanax chironium or what is equal

• Arabic: جَاوَشِير m (jāwašīr)
• Armenian: ճավշիր (hy) (čavšir), ջոշիր (ǰošir)
• Chinese: please add this translation if you can
• Czech: opopanax m, opoponax m
• Dutch: opopanax m, opoponax m
• Finnish: opoponaksi
• French: opopanax (fr) m, opoponax (fr) m
• German: Opopanax n, Opopanaxgummi n, Opopanaxgummiharz n
• Greek:

  Ancient: ὀποπάναξ m (opopánax)

• Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: opoponaco m
• Latin: opopanax m
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• Persian: گاوشیر m (gâwšir)
• Portuguese: opopanax m, opoponax m
• Russian: опопана́кс (ru) m (opopanáks), опопона́кс m (opoponáks)
• Sanskrit: please add this translation if you can
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: опопа̀накс m, опопо̀накс m

  Latin: opopànaks m, opopònaks (sh) m

• Slovak: opopanax m, opoponax m
• Slovene: opopanaks m, opoponaks m, oleogumirezín m
• Spanish: opopanax m, opoponax m, opopanaco m, opoponaco m
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Telugu: please add this translation if you can

French

Alternative forms

• opoponax

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin opopanax, from Hellenistic Greek ὀποπάναξ (opopánax), from Ancient Greek ὀπός (opós, “vegetable juice”) + πάναξ (pánax).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.pɔ.pa.naks/

• Audio:

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Noun

opopanax m (plural opopanax)

1. opopanax (all meanings)

Further reading

• “opopanax”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.