opopanax

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English

An opopanax tree, Acacia farnesciana

Etymology

Borrowed 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

Noun

opopanax (countable and uncountable, plural opopanaxes)

  1. (obsolete) A gum resin obtained from the root of Opopanax chironium, formerly used in medicine.
    Synonym: bisabol
  2. 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
  3. The popinac or opopanax tree (Acacia farnesiana, syn. Vachellia farnesiana), an acacia of America.

Translations

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin opopanax, from Hellenistic Greek ὀποπάναξ (opopánax), from Ancient Greek ὀπός (opós, “vegetable juice”) + πάναξ (pánax).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔ.pɔ.pa.naks/
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Noun

opopanax m (plural opopanax)

  1. opopanax (all meanings)

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