Refine this word faster

Stronger alternatives Opposite tone Use in context Cross-language nuance

Sassafras

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A locality in Latrobe council area and the Meander Valley council area, northern Tasmania, Australia.
  2. 2
    A locality in the City of Knox and the Shire of Yarra Ranges, Victoria, Australia.
Noun
  1. 1
    A tree of species Sassafras albidum of the eastern United States and Asia having mitten-shaped leaves and red, aromatic heartwood. countable
  2. 2
    dried root bark of the sassafras tree wordnet
  3. 3
    A tree of any species in the genus Sassafras. countable
  4. 4
    yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark; source of sassafras oil; widely distributed in eastern North America wordnet
  5. 5
    The bark of the root of this plant, used for medicinal and (mostly historically) culinary purposes and formerly a main ingredient in root beer. uncountable

    "our allowance was somewhat bettered, by a daily proportion of Bisket, which the sailers would pilfer to sell, give, or exchange with us, for money, Saxefras, furres, or love."

Etymology

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.

See also for "sassafras"

Synonyms Antonyms Rhymes Sentences Translate Word Type Pronunciation Word Forms

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciation

Mini challenge

Unscramble this word: sassafras