Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Sassafras albidum — noun yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark; source of sassafras oil; widely distributed in eastern North America • Syn: ↑sassafras, ↑sassafras tree • Hypernyms: ↑laurel • Member Holonyms: ↑genus Sassafras … Useful english dictionary
sassafras oil — noun oil from root bark of sassafras trees; used in perfumery and as a disinfectant • Hypernyms: ↑oil • Substance Holonyms: ↑sassafras, ↑sassafras tree, ↑Sassafras albidum * * * noun : a yellow or reddish yellow aromatic essential oil obtained… … Useful english dictionary
sassafras tea — noun : a tea made from the dried bark of roots of the American sassafras * * * a tea made from the aromatic dried bark of the root of the sassafras tree, often used medicinally as a stimulant, diaphoretic, and diuretic. [1775 85] * * * sassafras… … Useful english dictionary
sassafras tea — a tea made from the aromatic dried bark of the root of the sassafras tree, often used medicinally as a stimulant, diaphoretic, and diuretic. [1775 85] * * * … Universalium
sassafras oil — /ˈsæsəfræs ɔɪl/ (say sasuhfras oyl) noun a volatile oil derived from the root of the sassafras tree, consisting of camphor, pinene, etc …
Sassafras — Sas sa*fras, n. [F. sassafras (cf. It. sassafrasso, sassafras, Sp. sasafras, salsafras, salsifrax, salsifragia, saxifragia), fr. L. saxifraga saxifrage. See {Saxifrage}.] (Bot.) An American tree of the Laurel family ({Sassafras officinale}); also … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sassafras nut — Sassafras Sas sa*fras, n. [F. sassafras (cf. It. sassafrasso, sassafras, Sp. sasafras, salsafras, salsifrax, salsifragia, saxifragia), fr. L. saxifraga saxifrage. See {Saxifrage}.] (Bot.) An American tree of the Laurel family ({Sassafras… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sassafras officinale — Sassafras Sas sa*fras, n. [F. sassafras (cf. It. sassafrasso, sassafras, Sp. sasafras, salsafras, salsifrax, salsifragia, saxifragia), fr. L. saxifraga saxifrage. See {Saxifrage}.] (Bot.) An American tree of the Laurel family ({Sassafras… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sassafras — ☆ sassafras [sas′ə fras΄ ] n. [Sp sasafras < ? earlier sassifragia, saxifrage] 1. a small E North American tree (Sassafras albidum) of the laurel family, having an aromatic bark, leaves with usually two or three fingerlike lobes, and small,… … English World dictionary
sassafras — small flowering tree of N.America, 1570s, from Sp. sasafras, perhaps an adaptation of saxifraga saxifrage, from L.L. saxifragia, variant of saxifraga (see SAXIFRAGE (Cf. saxifrage)). But the connection of the plants is difficult to explain, and… … Etymology dictionary
