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Meaning of opopanax | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
əˈpɒpənaks

Definitions

  1. A gum resin obtained from the root of Opopanax chironium, formerly used in medicine.
  2. A perfume made from the gum resin of various trees.
  3. The popinac or opopanax tree (Acacia farnesiana, syn. Vachellia farnesiana), an acacia of America.

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Examples

“they were hit by a strong polyaromatic gust [...] which included alcohol fumes, tobacco and hemp-smoke, a spectrum of inexpensive scent in which opopanax and vervain figured prominently”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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