sassafras oil
1sassafras oil — n a yellow or reddish yellow aromatic essential oil obtained from the roots and stumps of the sassafras and used chiefly in perfuming and as a disinfectant * * * the volatile oil distilled from the root of Sassafras albidum; it contains safrole… …
2sassafras oil — noun oil from root bark of sassafras trees; used in perfumery and as a disinfectant • Hypernyms: ↑oil • Substance Holonyms: ↑sassafras, ↑sassafras tree, ↑Sassafras albidum * * * noun : a yellow or reddish yellow aromatic essential oil obtained… …
3sassafras oil — a yellowish or reddish yellow, aromatic volatile oil distilled from sassafras root, used in flavoring, perfumery, and medicine. [1790 1800] * * * …
4sassafras oil — /ˈsæsəfræs ɔɪl/ (say sasuhfras oyl) noun a volatile oil derived from the root of the sassafras tree, consisting of camphor, pinene, etc …
5sassafras nut — noun The pichurim bean (qv), whose oil smells like sassafras oil • • • Main Entry: ↑sassafras …
6Sassafras albidum — taxobox name = Sassafras image caption = Sassafras albidum , Wanaque, New Jersey regnum = Plantae unranked divisio = Angiosperms unranked classis = Magnoliids ordo = Laurales familia = Lauraceae genus = Sassafras species = S. albidum binomial =… …
7Sassafras — taxobox name = Sassafras image caption = Sassafras albidum , Wanaque, New Jersey regnum = Plantae unranked divisio = Angiosperms unranked classis = Magnoliids ordo = Laurales familia = Lauraceae genus = Sassafras subdivision ranks = Species… …
8Sassafras albidum — noun yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark; source of sassafras oil; widely distributed in eastern North America • Syn: ↑sassafras, ↑sassafras tree • Hypernyms: ↑laurel • Member Holonyms: ↑genus Sassafras …
9sassafras tree — noun yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark; source of sassafras oil; widely distributed in eastern North America • Syn: ↑sassafras, ↑Sassafras albidum • Hypernyms: ↑laurel • Member Holonyms: ↑genus Sassafras …
10sassafras — The dried bark of the root of S. albidum (family Lauraceae), a tree of the eastern U.S.; a flavoring agent, diuretic, and diaphoretic; s. oil, a volatile oil obtained by distillation from the bark of S. albidum and S. variifolium, is used as a… …
