<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A solid resin with a vanillalike odor, obtained from a small tree, <em>Styrax officinalis</em>: formerly used in medicine and perfumery.</li><li>A liquid balsam liquid storax obtained from species of <em>Liquidambar</em>, especially from the wood and inner bark of <em>Liquidambar orientalis</em> (Levant storax), a tree of Asia Minor: used chiefly in medicine and perfumery.</li><li>Any shrub or tree of the genus <em>Styrax</em>, of the storax family, having elongated clusters of showy, white flowers.</li></ul>