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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 O·pop·a·nax n.  The inspissated juice of an umbelliferous plant (the Opoponax Chironum), brought from Turkey and the East Indies in loose granules, or sometimes in larger masses, of a reddish yellow color, with specks of white.  It has a strong smell and acrid taste, and was formerly used in medicine as an emmenagogue and antispasmodic.
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