sassafras
Significado (Inglés)
- (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.
Sinónimos
Sassafras albidum
sassafras tree
cinnamon wood
common sassafras
gumbo file
red sassafrass
saxifras
smelling stick
swite sassafras
ague tree
Traducciones
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˈsasəfɹas/
Etimología (Inglés)
From Spanish sasafrás, possibly from Latin saxifragus (“stone-breaking”) from the habit of certain plants growing in cracks in boulders. If this etymology is correct, it is a doublet of saxifrage.
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