Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun benzoin

2 senses of benzoin

Sense 1
benzoin, gum benzoin, benjamin, gum benjamin, asa dulcis -- (gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation)
       => gum resin -- (a mixture of resin and gum)

Sense 2
Benzoin, genus Benzoin -- (used in some classifications for the American spicebush and certain other plants often included in the genus Lindera)
       => magnoliid dicot genus -- (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)