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Benzoin

noun

Gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation. Synonyms: asa dulcis, benjamin, gum benjamin, gum benzoin.

Used in some classifications for the American spicebush and certain other plants often included in the genus Lindera. Synonym: genus Benzoin.

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... one ounce; tincture of myrrh, two ounces. Or, melt together, tar, one ounce; rosin, two ounces; lard, four ounces. Or, mix sulphate of zinc, one drachm; rain-water, one half pint. Or, use the following, the celebrated friar's balsam; benzoin, in powder, four ounces; balsam of Peru, two ounces; Socotrine aloes, one half ounce; rectified spirits, one quart. Digest for ten or twelve days; then ...

— Cattle and Their Diseases • Robert Jennings

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... commerce under three forms: male incense, which is the best if unadulterated; female incense, which is mixed with reddish fragments and dry grains called marrons; finally incense in powder, which is for the most part a mixture of inferior resin and benzoin." ...

— The Cathedral • Joris-Karl Huysmans

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Words linked to "Benzoin" : magnoliid dicot genus, gum resin, laurel family, family Lauraceae, Lauraceae