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opoponax

opoponax is the alternative form of opopanax.

Meaning of opopanax

Noun

opopanax (countable and uncountable, plural opopanaxes)

  1. (obsolete) A gum resin obtained from the root of Opopanax chironium, formerly used in medicine.
    Synonyms:
    bisabol
  2. 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 prominently2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 450
  3. The popinac or opopanax tree (Acacia farnesiana, syn. Vachellia farnesiana), an acacia of America.

Questions about opoponax

What is opoponax the alternative form of?
Opoponax is the alternative form of opopanax.

Words near opoponax in the dictionary

  1. opomyzid
  2. opomyzids
  3. Opone
  4. opopanax
  5. opopanaxes
  6. opoponax
  7. opopponax
  8. Oporelu
  9. oporice
  10. oporopolist
  11. Oporto

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