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  • noun Any member of the genus Styrax of about 130 species of large shrubs or small trees, mostly native to temperate or tropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere.

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin; see storax.]

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From the genus.

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