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styracin

styracin noun: a white crystalline substance extracted from gum storax, consisting of a salt of cinnamic acid with cinnamic alcohol.

Noun

styracin (uncountable)

  1. A white crystalline substance extracted from gum storax, consisting of a salt of cinnamic acid with cinnamic alcohol.

Origin of styracin

From translingual Styrax + -in.

Questions about styracin

What does styracin mean?
Styracin means a white crystalline substance extracted from gum storax, consisting of a salt of cinnamic acid with cinnamic alcohol.
What part of speech is styracin?
Styracin is a noun.

Words near styracin in the dictionary

  1. styptics
  2. Stypven
  3. Stypven time
  4. Styr
  5. styracaceous
  6. styracin
  7. styracitol
  8. styracosternan
  9. styracosternans
  10. styramate
  11. styrax

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