NOUN | plant | sassafras tree, sassafras, Sassafras albidum | yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark |
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Meaning | yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark; source of sassafras oil; widely distributed in eastern North America. | |
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Synonyms | sassafras, Sassafras albidum | |
Member of | genus Sassafras | A genus of sassafras |
Parts | sassafras | dried root bark of the sassafras tree |
Broader | laurel | Any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family |
Substances | sassafras oil | oil from root bark of sassafras trees |
Spanish | sasafrás, sassafras | |
Catalan | sassafràs |
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