opopanax

noun

• 1an acacia tree with violet-scented flowers that yield an essential oil used in perfumery, native to warm regions of America and cultivated elsewhere.

  • Acacia farnesiana, family Leguminosae

• 2a yellow-flowered Mediterranean plant of the parsley family.

  • Opopanax chironium, family Umbelliferae
• (also gum opopanax) [mass noun] a fetid gum resin obtained from the roots of the Mediterranean opopanax, used in perfumery.

• 3 [mass noun] a fragrant gum resin which is used in perfumery.

  • This resin is obtained from the tree Commiphora kataf, family Burseraceae