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SASSAFRAS OIL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Oil from root bark of sassafras trees; used in perfumery and as a disinfectant
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sassafras oil" is a kind of...):
oil (a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water)
Holonyms ("sassafras oil" is a substance 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)