[stawr-aks, stohr-] 
| 1. | a solid resin with a vanillalike odor, obtained from a small tree, Styrax officinalis: formerly used in medicine and perfumery. |
| 2. | a liquid balsam (liquid storax) obtained from species of liquidambar, esp. from the wood and inner bark of Liquidambar orientalis (Levant storax), a tree of Asia Minor: used chiefly in medicine and perfumery. |
| 3. | any shrub or tree of the genus Styrax, of the storax family, having elongated clusters of showy, white flowers. |
| sto·rax (stôr'āks', stōr'-) n.
[Middle English, from Latin, alteration of styrax, from Greek sturax, perhaps of Semitic origin; see  rw in Semitic roots.] |