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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.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
  2. A perfume made from the gum resin of various trees.
    countable, uncountable
  3. The popinac or opopanax tree (Acacia farnesiana, syn. Vachellia farnesiana), an acacia of America.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

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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