sassafras
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/ˈsasəfɹas/
(UK)
Definition of sassafras
5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable)A tree of species Sassafras albidum of the eastern United States and Asia having mitten-shaped leaves and red, aromatic heartwood.
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noun
- (countable)A tree of species Sassafras albidum of the eastern United States and Asia having mitten-shaped leaves and red, aromatic heartwood.
- (countable)A tree of any species in the genus Sassafras.
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(uncountable)The bark of the root of this plant, used for medicinal and (mostly historically) culinary purposes and formerly a main ingredient in root beer.
“our allowance was somewhat bettered, by a daily proportion of Bisket, which the sailers would pilfer to sell, give, or exchange with us, for money, Saxefras, furres, or love.”
name
- A locality in Latrobe council area and the Meander Valley council area, northern Tasmania, Australia.
- A locality in the City of Knox and the Shire of Yarra Ranges, Victoria, Australia.
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Etymology
From Spanish sasafrás, possibly from Latin saxifragus (“stone-breaking”) from the habit of certain plants growing in cracks in boulders. If this etymology is correct, it is a doublet of saxifrage.
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