BENZOIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Benzoin mean? 

• BENZOIN (noun)
  The noun BENZOIN has 2 senses:

1. gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation

2. used in some classifications for the American spicebush and certain other plants often included in the genus Lindera

  Familiarity information: BENZOIN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BENZOIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

asa dulcis; benjamin; benzoin; gum benjamin; gum benzoin

Hypernyms ("benzoin" is a kind of...):

gum resin (a mixture of resin and gum)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Used in some classifications for the American spicebush and certain other plants often included in the genus Lindera

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Benzoin; genus Benzoin

Hypernyms ("Benzoin" is a kind of...):

magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)

Holonyms ("Benzoin" is a member of...):

family Lauraceae; Lauraceae; laurel family (a family of Lauraceae)