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n. - A vanilla-scented resin from various trees of the genus Styrax.

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  • Frankincense they collect by burning the storax, which is brought thence to the Hellenes by the
  • Those found in commerce are the balsam of Peru, balsam of Tolu, liquid storax and liquidambar.
  • As it relaxed its grip on itself, the wad of storax caused the room to smell like the center of a chocolate cream.
  • The corona of candlelight and the vanilla halo of storax ringed her concentrically, as if she were twice blessed, a double madonna.
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