sassafras : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: sassafras	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for sassafras
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sassafras n yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark; source of sassafras oil; widely distributed in eastern North America Synonym(s): sassafras, sassafras tree, Sassafras albidum dried root bark of the sassafras tree
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sassafras \Sas"safras\, 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 bark of the roots, which has an aromatic smell and taste. {Australian sassafras}, a lofty tree ({Doryophora Sassafras}) with aromatic bark and leaves. {Chilian sassafras}, an aromatic tree ({Laurelia sempervirens}). {New Zealand sassafras}, a similar tree ({Laurelia Nov[91] Zelandi[91]}). {Sassafras nut}. See {Pichurim bean}. {Swamp sassafras}, the sweet bay ({Magnolia glauca}). See {Magnolia}.