benzoin

English Thesaurus

1. used in some classifications for the American spicebush and certain other plants often included in the genus Lindera (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	magnoliid dicot genus,
definition	:	genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	family lauraceae, lauraceae, laurel family,
definition	:	a family of Lauraceae (noun.plant)

2. gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	gum resin,
definition	:	a mixture of resin and gum (noun.substance)