n 1  :  STORAX  2  cap  :  a large genus (the type genus of the family Styracaceae) of shrubs and trees including forms yielding commercially important resins (as benzoin) .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  hys·ter·ics  hystericus  hystrix  sto·rax 
 
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