sassafras : Idioms & Phrases

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Australian sassafras

  • a lofty tree (Doryophora Sassafras) with aromatic bark and leaves.
Webster 1913

Chilian sassafras

  • an aromatic tree (Laurelia sempervirens).
Webster 1913

genus sassafras

  • noun a genus of sassafras
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New Zealand sassafras

  • a similar tree (Laurelia Novæ Zelandiæ).
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sassafras albidum

  • noun yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark; source of sassafras oil; widely distributed in eastern North America
    Sassafras albidum; sassafras.
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sassafras laurel

  • noun Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood
    California olive; pepperwood; Umbellularia californica; California bay tree; California laurel; Oregon myrtle; mountain laurel; spice tree.
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Sassafras nut

  • . See Pichurim bean.
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sassafras oil

  • noun oil from root bark of sassafras trees; used in perfumery and as a disinfectant
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sassafras tree

  • noun yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark; source of sassafras oil; widely distributed in eastern North America
    Sassafras albidum; sassafras.
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Swamp sassafras

  • the sweet bay (Magnolia glauca). See Magnolia.
  • (Bot.), a small North American tree of the genus Magnolia (M. glauca) with aromatic leaves and fragrant creamy-white blossoms; called also sweet bay.
Webster 1913