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Double the amount of work put on my colleague, by gum!
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opopanax
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Opopanax , also known as opobalsam , refers to a number of gum resins (natural substances that are a mixture of water-soluble gums and alcohol-soluble resins ) traditionally considered to have medicinal properties. Pliny ( Historia Naturalis ) and Dioscorides ...
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n. 1 (context obsolete English) A gum resin obtained from the root of (taxlink Opopanax chironium species noshow=1), formerly used in medicine. 2 A perfume made from the gum resin of various trees. 3 The opopanax tree, (taxlink Acacia farnesiana species ...
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n. an odorous gum resin formerly used in medicines
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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Opopanax \O*pop"a*nax\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?; ? vegetable juice + pa`nax, pa`nakes, a kind of plant: cf. F. opopanax.] The inspissated juice of an umbelliferous plant (the Opoponax Chironum ), brought from Turkey and the East Indies in loose granules, or sometimes ...
Usage examples of opopanax.
For many days now he had lain in bed in a room exuding silver, crimson, and electric light, smelling of opopanax and of cigars.
People still washed themselves with soap made with oil of opopanax, a fragrant plant.
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