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Proper noun

Styrax m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Styracaceae – styrax.

Synonyms

• (genus): storax, snowbell, benzoin

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids - clades; Ericales - order; Styracaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Styrax acuminatus, Styrax agrestis, Styrax americanus, Styrax argenteus, Styrax argentifolius, Styrax austromexicanus, Styrax bashanensis, Styrax benzoides, Styrax benzoin, Styrax calvescens, Styrax camporum, Styrax chinensis, Styrax chrysocarpus, Styrax confusus, Styrax conterminus, Styrax dasyanthus, Styrax faberi, Styrax formosanus, Styrax grandifolius, Styrax hemsleyanus, Styrax hookeri, Styrax japonicus, Styrax limprichtii, Styrax maninul, Styrax obassia, Styrax odoratissimus, Styrax officinalis, Styrax platanifolius, Styrax portoricensis, Styrax serrulatus, Styrax shiraianus, Styrax suberifolius, Styrax tonkinensis, Styrax wilsonii - species

See also

• Lindera benzoin
• Liquidambar

English

Noun

styrax ‎(plural styraxes)

1. 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.

Hyponyms

• benzoin

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στύραξ ‎(stúrax).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsty.raks/, [ˈstʏ.raks]

Noun

styrax m ‎(genitive styracis); third declension

1. gum tree

Inflection

Third declension.

Descendants

• Italian: storace
• Portuguese: estoraque
• Translingual: Styrax

References

• styrax in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “styrax”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.