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SASSAFRAS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Dried root bark of the sassafras tree
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("sassafras" is a kind of...):
flavorer; flavoring; flavourer; flavouring; seasoner; seasoning (something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts)
Holonyms ("sassafras" is a part of...):
sassafras; Sassafras albidum; sassafras tree (yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark; source of sassafras oil; widely distributed in eastern North America)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark; source of sassafras oil; widely distributed in eastern North America
Synonyms:
sassafras; Sassafras albidum; sassafras tree
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sassafras" is a kind of...):
laurel (any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family)
Meronyms (parts of "sassafras"):
sassafras (dried root bark of the sassafras tree)
Meronyms (substance of "sassafras"):
sassafras oil (oil from root bark of sassafras trees; used in perfumery and as a disinfectant)
Holonyms ("sassafras" is a member of...):
genus Sassafras (a genus of sassafras)