sassafras

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈsasəfɹas/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A tree of species Sassafras albidum of the eastern United States and Asia having mitten-shaped leaves and red, aromatic heartwood. countable
  2. A tree of any species in the genus Sassafras. countable
  3. The bark of the root of this plant, used for medicinal and (mostly historically) culinary purposes and formerly a main ingredient in root beer. uncountable
    — our allowance was somewhat bettered, by a daily proportion of Bisket, which the sailers would pilfer to sell, give, or exchange with us, for money, Saxefras, furres, or love.

词形变化

sassafrases plural saxefras alternative sassafrass alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
Australian sassafras blackheart sassafras black sassafras Brazilian sassafras Chilean sassafras Chinese sassafras grey sassafras New Zealand sassafras northern sassafras Oliver's sassafras red sassafras sassafras nut scentless sassafras silky sassafras socket sassafras southern sassafras swamp sassafras white sassafras yellow sassafras

词源

From Spanish sasafrás, possibly from Latin saxifragus (“stone-breaking”) from the habit of certain plants growing in cracks in boulders. If this etymology is correct, it is a doublet of saxifrage.
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