sassafras
- noun
- /ˈsæsəˌfræs/
- Archaic
:
corteza de sassafrás
- Old-fashioned root beer was once flavored with sassafras.
Examples
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The sassafras root is often dried before use.
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The pharmacist used sassafras to make herbal remedies.
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She added a piece of sassafras bark to her tea for a unique taste.
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I love sassafras!
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Old-fashioned root beer was once flavored with sassafras.
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She added a piece of sassafras bark to her tea for a unique taste.
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The pharmacist used sassafras to make herbal remedies.
Synonyms
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9.9
A South American tree whose bark is used to make medicine and tea
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Dried tree bark with a warm, sweet smell used as a cooking spice
The dried part of a plant used to flavor drinks and herbal medicines
A leaf from the sassafras tree that adds flavor to food and drinks
A rough herb from eastern and central North America with black berries and bark used for medicine
Bitter bark from a South American tree that flavors drinks and medicines
Bitter bark from a South American tree used to flavor drinks and medicines
A South American evergreen tree with aromatic bark used as a spice and medicine
A West African tree whose bark people use in medicine and ceremonies
Bark from a tree used as a spice that smells like cinnamon and tastes stronger
Compounds
- Specialized
A North American tree with fragrant leaves and bark used to make oil and tea
- Australian
A tree that has leaves with a strong smell and gives hard wood for furniture
A North American tree with strong smelling leaves and bark used to make oil and tea
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sassafras for the dried 'bark' and root comes from the same Spanish or Portuguese sasafras for the tree. People used the bark and roots to flavor drinks like old-fashioned root beer and to make remedies, so the name came to mean the plant parts as well.