sassafras

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The bark of the sassafras was used for dyeing yellow or orange color, and the flowers and leaves of the balsam also.

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  1. noun A deciduous eastern North American tree (Sassafras albidum) having irregularly lobed leaves and aromatic bark, leaves, and branches.
  2. noun The dried root bark of this plant, used as a flavoring and a source of a volatile oil.

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  1. Spanish sasafrás, from Late Latin saxifragia, kind of herb, variant of (herba) saxifraga, saxifrage; see saxifrage.

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  1. Formerly also saxafras; = D. G. Swedish Danish sassafras = French sassafras = Italian sassafras, sassafrasso, sassofrasso = Portuguese sassafraz (New Latin sassafras), from Spanish sasafrás, sassafras; another application of salsafras, salsifrax, salsifragia, Old Spanish sassifragia, saxifrage, saxifrage: see saxifrage.
 

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