SASSAFRAS ALBIDUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sassafras albidum mean? 

• SASSAFRAS ALBIDUM (noun)
  The noun SASSAFRAS ALBIDUM has 1 sense:

1. yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark; source of sassafras oil; widely distributed in eastern North America

  Familiarity information: SASSAFRAS ALBIDUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SASSAFRAS ALBIDUM (noun)

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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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

sassafras; Sassafras albidum; sassafras tree

Hypernyms ("Sassafras albidum" is a kind of...):

laurel (any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family)

Meronyms (parts of "Sassafras albidum"):

sassafras (dried root bark of the sassafras tree)

Meronyms (substance of "Sassafras albidum"):

sassafras oil (oil from root bark of sassafras trees; used in perfumery and as a disinfectant)

Holonyms ("Sassafras albidum" is a member of...):

genus Sassafras (a genus of sassafras)