Chem. Also -ine. [a. F. styracine, f. L. styrac- STYRAX: see -IN, -INE.] A crystalline substance obtained from storax and balsam of Peru.
1838. T. Thomson, Chem. Org. Bodies, 522. When the balsam is treated with alcohol, about a fourth part remains undissolved, constituting a white crystalline mass. This is the substance which M. Bonastre has distinguished by the name of styracin.
1863. Fownes, Chem. (ed. 9), 563. This compound described respectively under the name of cinnamein (when oily), and styracin (when solid).
1871. Garrod, Mat. Med. (ed. 3), 270. Styracin … or cinnamate of cinnyl.
