| NOUN | substance | benzoin, gum benzoin, benjamin, gum benjamin, asa dulcis | gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation |
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| plant | Benzoin, genus Benzoin | used in some classifications for the American spicebush and certain other plants often included in the genus Lindera |
| Meaning | gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation. | |
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| Synonyms | gum benzoin, benjamin, gum benjamin, asa dulcis | |
| Broader | gum resin | A mixture of resin and gum |
| Spanish | asa dulcis | |
| Catalan | asa dulcis | |
| Adjectives | benzoic | containing or derived from benzoic acid or benzoin |
| Meaning | Used in some classifications for the American spicebush and certain other plants often included in the genus Lindera. | |
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| Synonym | genus Benzoin | |
| Member of | Lauraceae, family Lauraceae, laurel family | A family of Lauraceae |
| Broader | magnoliid dicot genus | genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms |
| Spanish | benzoin, genus benzoin | |
| Catalan | benzoin, genus benzoin | |
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