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zoʊ noun
1.
Also called gum benjamin, gum benzoin. a reddish-brown, aromatic balsamic resin occurring in almondlike fragments and having a vanillalike odor, obtained from trees of the genus Styrax, especially S. benzoin, of Java, Sumatra, etc.: used in the manufacture of perfume and cosmetics and in medicine internally as an expectorant and externally as an antiseptic.
2.
Also called benjamin, benjamin-bush. any plant belonging to the genus Lindera ( Benzoin ), of the laurel family, including the spicebush and similar aromatic plants.
Origin:
1550–60; earlier benjoin < Middle French < Portuguese beijoim and Spanish benjuí < Arabic lubān jāwī frankincense of Java (lu- probably constructed as the definite article); z of benzoin < Italian benzoi ≪ Arabic
1550–60; earlier benjoin < Middle French < Portuguese beijoim and Spanish benjuí < Arabic lubān jāwī frankincense of Java (lu- probably constructed as the definite article); z of benzoin < Italian benzoi ≪ Arabic
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| 1. | Also called: benjamin a gum resin containing benzoic acid, obtained from various trees of the genus Styrax, esp S. benzoin of Java and Sumatra, and used in ointments, perfume, etc |
| 2. | a white or yellowish crystalline compound with a camphor-like odour used as an antiseptic and flavouring; 2-hydroxy-2-phenylacetophenone. Formula: C6H5CHOHCOC6H5 |
| 3. | any lauraceous aromatic shrub or tree of the genus Lindera, esp L. benzoin (spicebush) |
| [C16: from French benjoin, from Old Catalan benjui, from Arabic lubān jāwī, literally: frankincense of Java] | |
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Word Origin & History
benzoin
"a balsamic resin," 1550s, from M.Fr. benjoin (16c.), which comes via Sp., Port, or It., from Arabic luban jawi "incense of Java" (actually Sumatra), with lu probably mistaken in Romance languages for a definite article. The English form with -z- is perhaps from influence of Italian benzoi (Venetian,
1461).
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benzoin  (běn'zō-ĭn, -zoin') Pronunciation Key
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Benzoin is synthesized from benzaldehyde in the benzoin condensation.
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