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sty·rax  (strks)
n.
See storax.
[Latin; see storax.]
styrax [ˈstaɪræks]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any tropical or subtropical tree of the genus Styrax, which includes the storaxes
[via Latin from Greek sturax]
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Noun1.styrax - any shrub or small tree of the genus Styrax having fragrant bell-shaped flowers that hang below the dark green foliagestyrax - any shrub or small tree of the genus Styrax having fragrant bell-shaped flowers that hang below the dark green foliage
genus Styrax - deciduous or evergreen shrubs and small trees
snowbell, Styrax obassia - small tree native to Japan
Japanese snowbell, Styrax japonicum - shrubby tree of China and Japan
Styrax texana, Texas snowbell, Texas snowbells - styrax of southwestern United States; a threatened species
bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
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In the manuscript continuation of the Urania the first cousins Pamphilia and Amphilanthus, the characters generally taken to represent Wroth and Herbert, exchange vows before witnesses in what is effectively a marriage per verba de praesenti similar to that witnessed by Cariola in Webster's Duchess of Malfi.
Incest and Agency in Elizabeth's England by McCabe, Richard A. / Shakespeare Studies
Aided by Susan Benson's powerful unit set, a stage-wide flight of steps, Graham filled ancient Thessaly with marketplace life and secured from mezzo-soprano Judith Forst a scene-stealing pair of characterizations as both the sorceress Pamphilia and the bandit mother Antiope.
World report: reviews of opera from around the world by Kenneth De Long, and others / Opera Canada
The Sidney family romance makes its appearance in the many intertwined plots of Urania, where brothers trade sisters, and where Pamphilia transgressively chooses a cousin as lover, freeing herself to rule her country if not her heart and to become the poet who makes art out of her suffering.
Incest and Agency in Elizabeth's England by Donawerth, Jane / Renaissance Quarterly
 
 
 
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