Definitions
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- noun Any member of the
genus Styrax of about 130species of largeshrubs or smalltrees , mostlynative totemperate ortropical regions of theNorthern Hemisphere .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I just moved two really large styrax trees Japanese snowbells because one was thrilled, but the other was miserable.
Maria Rodale: How Organic Gardening is like Good Business Maria Rodale 2011
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I just moved two really large styrax trees Japanese snowbells because one was thrilled, but the other was miserable.
Maria Rodale: How Organic Gardening is like Good Business Maria Rodale 2011
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We also found a white blooming tree that smelled precisely like styrax Liquidambar orientalis.
Week of Teaching Ayala Sender 2009
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We also found a white blooming tree that smelled precisely like styrax Liquidambar orientalis.
Archive 2009-06-01 Ayala Sender 2009
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'Fargesii' Large leaves; flowers 2 weeks later than most styrax; greenish purple pedicels; tree like habit
JAPANESE SNOWBELL TREE ACCENTS JAPANESE MAPLE 'CRIMSON QUEEN' Pooky 2009
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Knidonovan, so I guess the styrax is part of the oddness then.
White Floral Queen Part Three: Serge Lutens Tubéreuse Criminelle Marina Geigert 2008
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I would guess that the use of styrax resin and hyacinth, and possibly the clove, results in the dramatic opening, and traces of the almost medicinal quality of these accords remain.
Archive 2008-04-01 Marina Geigert 2008
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Fothergilla, amelanchier, styrax japonicus, paper-bark maple, viburnums of all kinds, a 'green man' from Bamberg mine's from Norwich Cathedral.
FOTHERGILLA 'BLUE SHADOW' Pooky 2008
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I am making a perfume with styrax up for my male friends but woman will want to wear as if a Veronica Lake looking lady decided to cozied up to Marlon Brando's jacket in "the wild one".
White Floral Queen Part Three: Serge Lutens Tubéreuse Criminelle Marina Geigert 2008
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I would guess that the use of styrax resin and hyacinth, and possibly the clove, results in the dramatic opening, and traces of the almost medicinal quality of these accords remain.
White Floral Queen Part Three: Serge Lutens Tubéreuse Criminelle Marina Geigert 2008
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