opopanax

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UK/əˈpɒpənaks/US/əˈpɑpənæks/

noun

A gum resin obtained from the root of Opopanax chironium, formerly used in medicine.

Similar
bisabol
OriginLatin opopanax ← Ancient Greek ὀπός →
Scrabble 19
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Meanings

nounopopanax (countable and uncountable, plural opopanaxes)

plural opopanaxes · alternative opoponax

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableA gum resin obtained from the root of Opopanax chironium, formerly used in medicine.

    Synonyms: bisabol

  2. countableuncountableA perfume made from the gum resin of various trees.

    they were hit by a strong polyaromatic gust [...] which included alcohol fumes, tobacco and hemp-smoke, a spectrum of inexpensive scent in which opopanax and vervain figured prominently

    2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 450
  3. countableuncountableThe popinac or opopanax tree (Acacia farnesiana, syn. Vachellia farnesiana), an acacia of America.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA gum resin obtained from the root of Opopanax chironium, formerly used in medicine.

Similar
bisabol
Also see
bisabol

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekὀπός“vegetable juice”
  2. Latinopopanax
  3. Englishopopanax

Borrowed from Latin opopanax, from Hellenistic Greek ὀποπάναξ (opopánax), from Ancient Greek ὀπός (opós, “vegetable juice”) + πάναξ (pánax, “any of several plants believed to have medicinal benefits”).

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Translations

Ancient Greek ὀποπάναξ
  • ὀποπάναξ (opopánax)gum from the root of Opopanax chironium or what is equal
Arabic جَاوَشِير
  • جَاوَشِير (jāwašīr)gum from the root of Opopanax chironium or what is equal
Czech opopanax, opoponax
  • opopanaxgum from the root of Opopanax chironium or what is equal
  • opoponaxgum from the root of Opopanax chironium or what is equal
Dutch opopanax, opoponax
  • opopanaxgum from the root of Opopanax chironium or what is equal
  • opoponaxgum from the root of Opopanax chironium or what is equal
Finnish opoponaksi
  • opoponaksigum from the root of Opopanax chironium or what is equal
French opopanax, opoponax
  • opopanaxgum from the root of Opopanax chironium or what is equal
  • opoponaxgum from the root of Opopanax chironium or what is equal
German Opopanax, Opopanaxgummi
  • Opopanaxgum from the root of Opopanax chironium or what is equal
  • Opopanaxgummigum from the root of Opopanax chironium or what is equal
  • Opopanaxgummiharzgum from the root of Opopanax chironium or what is equal
Italian opoponaco
  • opoponacogum from the root of Opopanax chironium or what is equal
Latin opopanax
  • opopanaxgum from the root of Opopanax chironium or what is equal
Persian گاوشیر
  • گاوشیر (gâwšir)gum from the root of Opopanax chironium or what is equal
Portuguese opopanax, opoponax
  • opopanaxgum from the root of Opopanax chironium or what is equal
  • opoponaxgum from the root of Opopanax chironium or what is equal
Russian опопана́кс, опопона́кс
  • опопана́кс (opopanáks)gum from the root of Opopanax chironium or what is equal
  • опопона́кс (opoponáks)gum from the root of Opopanax chironium or what is equal
Slovak opopanax, opoponax
  • opopanaxgum from the root of Opopanax chironium or what is equal
  • opoponaxgum from the root of Opopanax chironium or what is equal
Spanish opopanax, opoponax
  • opopanaxgum from the root of Opopanax chironium or what is equal
  • opoponaxgum from the root of Opopanax chironium or what is equal
  • opopanacogum from the root of Opopanax chironium or what is equal
  • opoponacogum from the root of Opopanax chironium or what is equal
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