sassafras-oil

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A volatile aromatic oil distilled from the root-wood and root-bark of the common sassafras. Also oil of sassafras.
2. n. A volatile oil obtained from the bark of the Victorian sassafras, with an odor resembling sassafras and caraway.
3. n. An oil extracted from sassafras-nuts or Pichurim beans.
4. n. See Ocotea.