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storax

Today it means: 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. Full definition →

Middle English storace ← Latin storax ← Ancient Greek στύραξ

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Ancient Greek · derived fromστύραξ
Latin · derived fromstorax
Middle English · inherited fromstorace
English todaystorax

From Middle English storace, storage, storax, storaxe, storrax, from Latin storax, styrax, from Ancient Greek στύραξ (stúrax). Doublet of styrax.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.