Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An ester (C18H16O2) of cinnamic acid, which is the chief constituent of storax. It forms odorless and tasteless crystals, which have the properties of a resin.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A white crystalline tasteless substance extracted from gum storax, and consisting of a salt of cinnamic acid with cinnamic alcohol.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry A white crystalline substance extracted from gum storax, consisting of a
salt ofcinnamic acid with cinnamicalcohol .
Etymologies
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styrax + -in
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The oil consists chiefly of benzyl benzoate and cinnamate, together with styracin, or cinnamyl cinnamate, and a small quantity of free benzoic and cinnamic acids.
The Handbook of Soap Manufacture H. A. Appleton
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