asafoetida

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A resinous gum from the stem and roots of Ferula species such as Ferula foetida and Ferula assa-foetida, having a strong, unpleasant smell, with culinary and medical uses. uncountable,usually
    — Nigh Whormoot are Duzgun, Laztan-De, and other Townes, where is got the best Assa-Fætida through all the Orient: the tree is like our brier in height, the leaves resemble Fig leaves, the root the Radish: the vertue had need be much, it stincks so odiously.

词形变化

asafoetidas plural asafetida alternative asfetida alternative assafetida alternative,dated assa-fetida alternative,dated assafoetida alternative assa-fœtida alternative

词源

Late Middle English, from Medieval Latin asafoetida, from Persian ازا / آزا (azâ, âzâ, “mastic”) + Latin foetida, feminine of foetidus (“bad-smelling”).
0 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary