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benzoin or benzoinum , balsamic resin , the dried exudation from the pierced bark of various species of the benzoin tree ( Styrax ) native to Sumatra, Java, and Thailand; appearing as red-brown to yellow-brown tears. Because of its fragrant odor it is used in perfume and sometimes in incense. The benzoic acid present in it gives it value in medicine as an antiseptic, as a stimulant, and, in certain respiratory diseases, as an inhalant. Among the several varieties are Siam benzoin and Sumatra benzoin. Siam benzoin is considered finer, since it has a high content of benzoic acid; Sumatra benzoin contains cinnamic acid.

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benzoin (ben-zoh-in) n. a fragrant gum resin used as a constituent of friar's balsam.

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benzoin Fragrant, resinous polymer, once obtained from the balsam resin found in the trees of the genus Styrax in tropical se Asia, now made synthetically. It is used in perfumes and decongestant cough linctus.

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