sassafras
IPA: sˈæsʌfræs
noun
- (countable) A tree of species Sassafras albidum of the eastern United States and Asia having mitten-shaped leaves and red, aromatic heartwood.
- (countable) A tree of any species in the genus Sassafras.
- (uncountable) The bark of the root of this plant, used for medicinal and (mostly historically) culinary purposes and formerly a main ingredient in root beer.
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Examples of "sassafras" in Sentences
- Rabbits eat sassafras bark in winter.
- Thanks for the work on 'Doryphora sassafras'.
- They use words like sassafras and gooble gobble.
- Sassafras tea can also be used as an anticoagulant.
- This is the active flavoring ingredient in sassafras leaves.
- I added some more stuff on the carcinogenic nature of sassafras.
- A safrole free sassafras extract is now available for flavoring.
- Sassafras was a commodity prized in Europe as a cure for gonorrhea.
- Not really, after all, imitation sassafras is no longer sassafras....
- Root beer is made with sassafras, sarsaparilla is made with sarsaparilla.
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