Stăc'te, n.

(Synop., § 130), n. [Lat. stacte, stacta, Gr. στακτή, strictly f. of στακτός, oozing out in drops, from στάζειν, to drop.] A fatty, resinous, and very odoriferous liquid, being a kind of myrrh which distills or falls in drops from the trees, or from fresh myrrh or cinnamon.