SYN: storax.
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sty·rax 'stī-.raks n
1) STORAX
2) cap a large genus (the type genus of the family Styracaceae) of shrubs and trees including forms yielding commercially important resins (as benzoin)
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Sty·rax (stiґraks) a genus of shrubs and trees of the family Styracaceae, most of which are native to Indonesia, Malaysia, or Thailand; S. benґzoin and other species are sources of the resin benzoin.Medical dictionary. 2011.