opopanax Meaning, Definition & Usage

O*pop"a*nax noun

Etymology

L., fr. Gr. vegetable juice + , . a kind of plant: cf. F. opopanax.

Definitions

1. The inspissated juice of an umbelliferous plant (the Opoponax Chironum), brought from Turkey and the East Indies in loose granules, or sometimes in larger masses, of a reddish yellow color, with specks of white. It has a strong smell and acrid taste, and was formerly used in medicine as an emmenagogue and antispasmodic. Dunglison.