Definitions for benzoin

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benzoin ben·zo·in

Spelling: [ben-zoh-in, -zoin, ben-zoh-in]

IPA: /ˈbɛn zoʊ ɪn, -zɔɪn, bɛnˈzoʊ ɪn/

Benzoin is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 92 anagrams from letters in benzoin (beinnoz).

Definitions for benzoin

noun

1. Also called gum benjamin, gum benzoin. a reddish-brown, aromatic balsamic resin occurring in almondlike fragments and having a vanillalike odor, obtained from trees of the genus Styrax, especially S. benzoin, of Java, Sumatra, etc.: used in the manufacture of perfume and cosmetics and in medicine internally as an expectorant and externally as an antiseptic.
2. Also called benjamin, benjamin-bush. any plant belonging to the genus Lindera (Benzoin), of the laurel family, including the spicebush and similar aromatic plants.
3. a white, slightly water-soluble powder, C 14 H 12 O 2 , derived by the condensation of benzaldehyde in the presence of potassium cyanide, and used in organic synthesis.

Origin of benzoin

1550-60; earlier benjoin Middle French Portuguese beijoim and Spanish benjuí Arabic lubān jāwī frankincense of Java (lu- probably constructed as the definite article); z of benzoin Italian be

Examples for benzoin

Vanillin also occurs in Siam benzoin, in raw beet-sugar and in cloves.

benzoin and storax are also used, on account of their agreeable odour.

It comes from Camboja laden with rice, camanguian or benzoin, and other drugs.

benzoin has occasionally been sold by fraudulent dealers after its benzoic acid has been removed by the wet method.

There is also much lac and benzoin of two kinds, white and black.

Similar compounds were formerly made with sulphur and Barbadoes tar, and with the empyreumatic oils of amber, benzoin, &c.

It was nothing, I believe, but a compound tincture of benzoin.

benzoin and storax are used also on account of their agreeable odour.

Equal parts of balsam of tolu and compound tincture of benzoin, with double the quantity of rectified spirit.

It has been identified with benzoin, but was probably frankincense.