sassafras
pronunciation
How to pronounce sassafras in British English:
UK [ˈsæsəfræs]
How to pronounce sassafras in American English:
US [ ˈsæsəfræs]
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- Noun:
- yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark; source of sassafras oil; widely distributed in eastern North America
- dried root bark of the sassafras tree
Word Origin
- sassafras (n.)
- small flowering tree of North America, 1570s, from Spanish sasafras, perhaps an adaptation of saxifraga "saxifrage," from Late Latin saxifragia, variant of saxifraga (see saxifrage). But the connection of the plants is difficult to explain, and the word perhaps represents a lost Native American name that sounded like Spanish saxifraga and was altered to conform to it. The tree supposedly was discovered by the Spanish in 1528.
Example
- 1. Carbonated drink flavored with an extract from sarsaparilla root or with birch oil and sassafras .
- 2. Perfect aloe gel acne injury sassafras labidocera bites fester grave-sweepers .
- 3. More than once he could distinguish their footsteps , as they brushed the sassafras , causing the faded leaves to rustle , and the branches to snap .
- 4. Oils of sassafras and nutmeg - determination of safrole and cis - and trans-isosafrole content - gas chromatographic method on packed columns .
- 5. He used flavorings from trees and plants like sassafras and sarsaparilla , wintergreen , birch bark , herbs and juniper berries .