SASSAFRAS OIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sassafras oil mean? 

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

1. oil from root bark of sassafras trees; used in perfumery and as a disinfectant

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SASSAFRAS OIL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Oil from root bark of sassafras trees; used in perfumery and as a disinfectant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("sassafras oil" is a kind of...):

oil (a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water)

Holonyms ("sassafras oil" is a substance of...):

sassafras; Sassafras albidum; sassafras tree (yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark; source of sassafras oil; widely distributed in eastern North America)