- Fragrant gum resin used in perfumery - Fragrant resin - The inspissated juice of an umbelliferous plant (the
Opoponax Chironum), brought from Turkey and the East Indies in loose
granules, or sometimes in larger masses, of a reddish yellow color,
with specks of white. It has a strong smell and acrid taste, and was
formerly used in medicine as an emmenagogue and antispasmodic.