Definition & Meaning | English word OPOPANAX
OPOPANAX
Definitions of OPOPANAX
- A perfume made from the gum resin of various trees.
- (obsolete) A gum resin obtained from the root of Opopanax chironium, formerly used in medicine.
- The popinac or opopanax tree (Acacia farnesiana, syn. Vachellia farnesiana), an acacia of America.
Number of letters
8
Is palindrome
No
Examples of Using OPOPANAX in a Sentence
- It is underlined by the sweet woody base note containing sandalwood, cedarwood, myrrh, opopanax, labdanum, benzoin resin and castoreum, in addition to amber, musk, patchouli, tolu balsam and vetiver.
- wightii, known as gum guggulu, has a fragrance nearly identical to myrrh, (which is a close relative the bdellium tree), and also closely resembles fragrance of the Opopanax resin (from the Commiphora Erythrea or Commiphora Guidottii trees, also closely related to Indian Bdellium).
- The larva feeds on Umbelliferae, notably Trinia vulgaris, Seseli montanum, Ptychotis saxifraga, Opopanax chironium, and a number of Ferula species.
- Adieu Sagesse is a floral fragrance with notes of neroli, lily-of-the-valley, carnation, tuberose, and opopanax.
- The fragrance contains notes of bergamot, lemon, iris, jasmine, rose, patchouli, vetiver, opopanax, tonka bean, frankincense, sandalwood, musk, civet, ambergris, leather, and vanilla.
- The genus name Opopanax derives from Anglo-Norman opopanac, from Latin opopanax, from Hellenistic Greek ὀποπάναξ, from Ancient Greek ὀπός (opos, "juice") + πάναξ (panax, "all-healing").
- Their fruit have numerous vittae on their dorsal and commissural surfaces, a trait shared with the genus Opopanax.
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