opopanax
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed 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
editNoun
editopopanax (countable and uncountable, plural opopanaxes)
- (obsolete) A gum resin obtained from the root of Opopanax chironium, formerly used in medicine.
- Synonym: bisabol
- 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
- The popinac or opopanax tree (Acacia farnesiana, syn. Vachellia farnesiana), an acacia of America.
Translations
editgum from the root of Opopanax chironium or what is equal
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French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin opopanax, from Hellenistic Greek ὀποπάναξ (opopánax), from Ancient Greek ὀπός (opós, “vegetable juice”) + πάναξ (pánax).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editopopanax m (plural opopanax)
- opopanax (all meanings)
Further reading
edit- “opopanax”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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