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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
opopanax /ə(ʊ)ˈpɒpənaks/ (also opoponax)

▶noun

1 an American acacia with violet-scented flowers that yield an essential oil used in perfumery. [Acacia farnesiana.]

2 a yellow-flowered Mediterranean plant of the parsley family. [Opopanax chironium.]

3 a fragrant gum resin obtained from opopanax or other plants, used in perfumery.

– origin ME: via L. from Gk, from opos ‘juice’ + panax ‘all-healing’; cf. panacea.

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