Download the app
educalingo
Search

Meaning of "styrax" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD STYRAX

Via Latin from Greek sturax.
info
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp
section

PRONUNCIATION OF STYRAX

styrax  [ˈstaɪræks] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STYRAX

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Styrax is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES STYRAX MEAN IN ENGLISH?

styrax

Styrax

Styrax is a genus of about 130 species of large shrubs or small trees in the family Styracaceae, mostly native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere, with the majority in eastern and southeastern Asia, but also crossing the equator in South America. Common names include styrax, or the more ambiguous storax, snowbell, and benzoin. The genus Pamphilia, sometimes regarded as distinct, is now included within Styrax based on analysis of morphological and DNA sequence data. The spicebush is a different plant, in the family Lauraceae. Styrax trees grow to 2–14 m tall, and have alternate, deciduous or evergreen simple ovate leaves 1–18 cm long and 2–10 cm broad. The flowers are pendulous, with a white 5-10-lobed corolla, produced 3-30 together on open or dense panicles 5–25 cm long. The fruit is an oblong dry drupe, smooth and lacking ribs or narrow wings, unlike the fruit of the related snowdrop trees and epaulette trees.

Definition of styrax in the English dictionary

The definition of styrax in the dictionary is any tropical or subtropical tree of the genus Styrax, which includes the storaxes.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STYRAX


anthrax
ˈænθræks
borax
ˈbɔːræks
cephalothorax
ˌsɛfələʊˈθɔːræks
hydrothorax
ˌhaɪdrəʊˈθɔːræks
hyrax
ˈhaɪræks
mesothorax
ˌmɛsəʊˈθɔːræks
metathorax
ˌmɛtəˈθɔːræks
pneumothorax
ˌnjuːməʊˈθɔːræks
prothorax
prəʊˈθɔːræks
rax
ræks
storax
ˈstɔːræks
thorax
ˈθɔːræks
tracks
træks

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STYRAX

stylopodium
stylops
stylostixes
stylostixis
stylus
styme
stymie
stymied
stymies
stymy
stypsis
styptic
styptic pencil
styptical
stypticity
styracaceous
styrene
Styria
Styrofoam
styte

WORDS THAT END LIKE STYRAX

Ajax
Bax
climax
Fairfax
flax
Halifax
hoax
income tax
lax
max
pax
property tax
relax
rock hyrax
sales tax
sax
syntax
tax
telefax
wax

Synonyms and antonyms of styrax in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «styrax» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF STYRAX

Find out the translation of styrax to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of styrax from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «styrax» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

苏合香
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

styrax
570 millions of speakers

English

styrax
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Styrax
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إصطرك
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

стиракс
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

styrax
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

styrax
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

styrax
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Styrax
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Styrax
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

エゴノキ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

styrax
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Styrax
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bồ đề
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

styrax
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्टायरॅक्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

styrax
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

styrax
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

styrax
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

стіракс
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

styrax
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

styrax
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

styrax
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

styrax
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

styrax
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of styrax

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STYRAX»

The term «styrax» is regularly used and occupies the 60.955 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Regularly used
72
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «styrax» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of styrax
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «styrax».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STYRAX» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «styrax» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «styrax» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about styrax

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STYRAX»

Discover the use of styrax in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to styrax and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, ...
Miers Styrax burchellii var. longifolius Perkins Styrax ferrugineus var. grandifolius Perkins Styraxfloridus Pohl Styrax nervosus A.DC. Styrax nervosus var. elongatus Seub. Styrax parvifolius Pohl Styrax reticulatus Mart. e rusty snowbell f  ...
M.M. Grandtner, Julien Chevrette, 2013
2
Flowering Plants. Dicotyledons: Celastrales, Oxalidales, ...
Ovules of Styrax are bitegmic, whereas those of the other genera are unitegmic. An integumentary tapetum is missing in most Styracaceae. The archesporial cell functions as the megaspore mother cell, undergoes meiotic divisions, produces a  ...
Klaus Kubitzki, 2004
3
Contributions to Botany: (v, 311, [23] p., plates 1-42)
Strigilia subcordata. Styrax subcordatum, Moricand, A. DC. I. c. 262.— Brasilia ( Bahia). 9. Strigilia alba. Styrax album, Spreng. Syst. ii. 285 ; A. DC. I. c. 263. — Brasilia (Prov. Minas Geraes). 10. Strigilia reticulata. Styrax reticulatum, Mart. Reis. ii ...
John Miers, 1861
4
Annals and Magazine of Natural History
The species hitherto recorded are :—1. Strigilia oblonga, DC. Pr0dr.i. 621. Styrax oblongum, A. DC. Prodr. viii. 261.—Peruvia, ad Chinchao et Pillao. 2. Strigilia Guayanensis. Styrax Guayanense, A. DC. loc. cit.— Guiana Britannica (Schomb.
‎1859
5
The Annals and Magazine of Natural History
The species hitherto recorded are :—1. Strigilia oblonga, DC. Prodr.i. 621. Styrax oblongum, A. DC. Prodr. viii. 261.—Peruvia, ad Chinchao et Pillao. 2. Strigilia Guayamnsis. Styrax Guayanense, A. DC. lac. cit.— Guiana Britannica (Sc/tomb.
‎1859
6
The annals and magazine of natural history, zoology, botany ...
Styrax oblongum, A. DC. Prodr. viii. 261. — Peruvia, ad Chinchao et Pillao. 2. Strigilia Guayanensis. Styrax Guayanense, A. DC. loc. cit. — Guiana Britannica ( Schomb. 965 vel 596). — Rio Amazon (Spruce). 8. Strigilia pallida. Styrax pallidum ...
‎1859
7
Encyclopedia of Food and Color Additives
... 2686 Strawberry aldehyde, 1012 Stuartinic, 2776 Studafluor, 2557 Styracin, 605 Styrallyl acetate, 1720 Styrallyl alcohol, 1721 Styrallyl propionate, 1725 Styralyl acetate, 1720 Styralyl alcohol, 1721 Styralyl formate, 1724 Styrax, 2683 Styrax ...
George A. Burdock, 1997
8
Non-wood Forest Products from Temperate Broad-leaved Trees
Styrax or storax is a balsamic oleoresin extracted from the inner bark and wood of species of Liquidambar.^ This material is a semi-solid, sticky, brown-coloured material and appears in response to wounds. When the young wood is injured, ...
William M. Ciesla, 2002
9
CRC Ethnobotany Desk Reference
(1) Styrax americanus; (2) AMERICAN SNOWBELL; (3) styracaceae; (4) Big Thicket Nature Pres., 26099. Congaree Swamp National Monument, Horseshoe Bend National Military Park, Roosevelt Vanderbilt 26100. Nat. Hist. Site 26079.
Tim Johnson, 1998
10
Pomegranates and Golden Bells: Studies in Biblical, Jewish, ...
from an ass'.24 Indeed, the plant pharmacologist Dioscorides23 notes the adulteration of styrax with fat.26 I. Low is thus given support in his identification of natdp, fry, and qetdp with the resin of the styrax tree (Styrax officinalis). I have already ...
David Pearson Wright, David Noel Freedman, Avi Hurvitz, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STYRAX»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term styrax is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Summer style tips to help you stay cool at work
Dolce & Gabbana's newest launch, Velvet Exotic Leather, has amber-like top notes from styrax, combined with woody cade oil and warm, masculine, leathery ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
Puig launches Les Infusions de Prada
OEILLET – This fragrance described as 'spicy' incorporates Sandalwood, Mandarin essence and Honduran Styrax for a fragrance that is both 'sensual and ... «TRBusiness, Jul 15»
3
Plant, enjoy, fragrance on a stick
Which brings us back to the Japanese snowbell tree or Styrax japonicus, which is covered from top to bottom with fragrant white bells at this time of year – cut off ... «Maple Ridge News, Jun 15»
4
Beauty of being back in my garden
Styrax tree with its dainty white flowers. This is located at the top of my driveway, so you always get to look up into the canopy – the best way I think to see the ... «Vancouver Sun, May 15»
5
Unusual fragrances
... both traditional and unconventional—just like Fire From Heaven, which blends Frankincense, Myrrh, Opopanax, Cedar, Sandalwood, Styrax and Labdanum to ... «Manila Standard Today, Apr 15»
6
Chelsea 2015: Dan Pearson is back and looking to a Paxton …
This will be a more subtle addition – the Chelsea planting of Styrax and Halesia, gorgeous inky iris and dayglo primulas at key points along the stream. «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 15»
7
HPU Receives 'Tree Campus USA' Award at Arbor Day Celebration
Attendees of the Arbor Day celebration were given a Japanese snowbell, or “Styrax japonicas.” Music was performed by the HPU Flute Ensemble. Beginning in ... «High Point University, Apr 15»
8
Penhaligon's launch Ostara and bring As Sawira to wider distribution
... leafy effects and aldehydes; a heart of hyacinth, narcissus absolute, beeswax absolute, cyclamen, ylang ylang, hawthorn and wisteria; and styrax resinoid, ... «Basenotes, Mar 15»
9
Give your garden a rural touch
Pearson's Chelsea garden features baby oak, field maple (Acer campestre), hawthorn, the Japanese snowbell tree (Styrax japonicus) - but if you are thinking of ... «expressandstar.com, Mar 15»
10
Bentley Reveals New Infinite Fragrance, It “Boosts the Boundaries of …
These are completed by nutmeg, elemi (a valuable Arabian tree gum), Siam benzoin (the balmy scented resin of the styrax tree) and a hint of ambergris. With all ... «autoevolution, Feb 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Styrax [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/styrax>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z