o|pop|a|nax

o|pop|a|nax
o|pop|a|nax «oh POP uh naks», noun.
1. a gum resin formerly used in medicine, obtained from the root of a southern European plant of the parsley family.
2. the plant itself.
3. a gum resin like myrrh, used in perfumery, obtained from an African tree.
[< Latin opopanax < Greek opopánax < opós juice + pánax a kind of plant]

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