| opopanax | 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 colour, with specks of white. It has a strong smell and acrid taste, and was formerly used in medicine as an emmenagogue and antispasmodic. Origin: L, fr. Gr.; vegetable juice +, . A kind of plant: cf. F. Opopanax. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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