Recent Examples on the WebPart of the Heritage collection, the new woodsy-fresh Aventus Cologne combines base notes of styrax, birch, musk and tonka bean to bring out your inner emperor. $325 for 50 milliliters. Kevin Smothers, latimes.com, 6 June 2019
Word History
Etymology
Latin — more at storax
First Known Use
1555, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
styrax
noun
sty·rax ˈstī-ˌraks
1
: storax
2
capitalized: a large genus (the type genus of the family Styracaceae) of shrubs and trees including forms yielding commercially important resins (as benzoin)