opopanax

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /əˈpɒpənaks/    美 /əˈpɑpənæks/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A gum resin obtained from the root of Opopanax chironium, formerly used in medicine. countable,obsolete,uncountable
  2. A perfume made from the gum resin of various trees. countable,uncountable
    — they were hit by a strong polyaromatic gust [...] which included alcohol fumes, tobacco and hemp-smoke, a spectrum of inexpensive scent in which opopanax and vervain figured prominently
  3. The popinac or opopanax tree (Acacia farnesiana, syn. Vachellia farnesiana), an acacia of America. countable,uncountable

词形变化

opopanaxes plural opoponax alternative

词源

Borrowed from Latin opopanax, from Hellenistic Greek ὀποπάναξ (opopánax), from Ancient Greek ὀπός (opós, “vegetable juice”) + πάναξ (pánax, “any of several plants believed to have medicinal benefits”).
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