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English
Etymology
Borrowed from translingual Styrax.
Noun
styrax (plural styraxes)
- Any member of the genus Styrax of about 130 species of large shrubs or small trees, mostly native to temperate or tropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Synonym: storax
Hyponyms
Translations
any member of the genus
Styrax — see storax
Dutch
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin styrax, from Ancient Greek στύραξ (stúrax).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstiː.rɑks/
- Hyphenation: sty‧rax
Noun
styrax m (uncountable)
- storax (sweetgum resin)
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek στύραξ (stúrax).
Pronunciation
Noun
styrax m (genitive styracis); third declension
- storax (the tree Styrax officinalis and the balsam from it)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “styrax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- styrax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.