opopanax

Meaning

Noun

• A gum resin obtained from the root of Opopanax chironium (species), formerly used in medicine.
• A perfume made from the gum resin of various trees.
• The popinac or opopanax tree (Acacia farnesiana (species), syn. Vachellia farnesiana), an acacia of America.

Origin

• Borrowed from Latin opopanax, from Hellenistic Greek ὀποπάναξ, from Ancient Greek ὀπός + πάναξ.