Stō'rax, n.

n. [Lat. & Fr. storax, styrax, Gr. στύραξ.] A fragrant resin resembling benzoin, and obtained from Styrax officinalis. It is of a reddish-brown color, soft and unctuous to the touch, but pliable and brittle. In medicine, it is used as an expectorant.

Liquid storax, a fragrant, bitterish, honey-like substance, which exudes from various plants, as the liquid-amber of the United States, differing from storax, and used in medicine as an expectorant;—called also liquid-amber.