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OPOPANAX
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Dictionary entry overview: What does opopanax mean?
• OPOPANAX (noun)
The noun OPOPANAX has 1 sense:
1. an odorous gum resin formerly used in medicines
Familiarity information: OPOPANAX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An odorous gum resin formerly used in medicines
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("opopanax" is a kind of...):
gum (any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying)
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