sassafras

See also: Sassafras

English

Alternative forms

The leaf of Sassafras albidum

• saxefras [17th c.]

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑːs
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsasəfɹas/

Noun

sassafras (countable and uncountable, plural sassafrases)

1. (countable) A tree of species Sassafras albidum of the eastern United States and Asia having mitten-shaped leaves and red, aromatic heartwood.

   Synonyms: red sassafras, silky sassafras, white sassafras

2. (countable) A tree of any species in the genus Sassafras.
3. (uncountable) The bark of the root of this plant, used for medicinal and (mostly historically) culinary purposes and formerly a main ingredient in root beer.

   Synonym: cinnamonwood

   • 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, Kupperman, published 1988, page 82:

     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.

Derived terms

• Australian sassafras (Doryphora sassafras etc.)
• black sassafras (Cinnamomum oliveri)
• blackheart sassafras (Atherosperma moschatum)
• Brazilian sassafras (Ocotea odorifera)
• Chilean sassafras (Laurelia sempervirens)
• Chinese sassafras (Sassafras tzumu)
• grey sassafras (Daphnandra repandula)
• New Zealand sassafras (Laurelia novae-zelandiae)
• northern sassafras (Daphnandra repandula)
• Oliver's sassafras (Cinnamomum oliveri)
• red sassafras (Sassafras albidum)
• sassafras nut (Nectandra pichurim; Ocotea odorifera)
• scentless sassafras (Daphnandra repandula)
• silky sassafras (Sassafras albidum)
• southern sassafras (Atherospermataceae spp.)
• swamp sassafras (Magnolia abovata, syn. Magnolia glauca)
• white sassafras (Sassafras albidum)
• yellow sassafras (Daphnandra repandula)
• socket sassafras (Daphnandra tenuipes)

Translations

Sassafras albidum

• Catalan: sassafràs m
• Finnish: amerikansassafras

tree of the species Sassafras

• Cherokee: ᎦᎾᏍᏓᏥ (ganasdatsi)
• Finnish: sassafras (fi)
• German: Sassafras (de) m, Sassafrasbaum m, Fenchelholzbaum m, Nelkenzimtbaum m
• Spanish: sasafrás m
• Tagalog: sasapras
• Volapük: sasafrat

dried bark of the sassafras tree

• Cherokee: ᎧᎾᏍᏓᏥ (kanasdatsi)
• Finnish: sassafras (fi)
• German: Sassafrasrinde f
• Spanish: sasafrás m
• Tagalog: sasapras
• Volapük: sasafratavulajal

See also

• (botanical ingredients of root beer): sarsaparilla

References

• sassafras on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sassafras on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Sassafras on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Finnish

Etymology

From translingual Sassafras.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑsːɑfrɑs/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝s̠ːɑ̝frɑ̝s̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑsːɑfrɑs
• Syllabification^(key): sas‧saf‧ras

Noun

sassafras

1. sassafras (tree of the genus Sassafras; its bark)

Declension

Inflection of sassafras (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		sassafras	sassafrasit
genitive		sassafrasin	sassafrasien
partitive		sassafrasia	sassafraseja
illative		sassafrasiin	sassafraseihin
		singular	plural
nominative		sassafras	sassafrasit
accusative	nom.	sassafras	sassafrasit
	gen.	sassafrasin
genitive		sassafrasin	sassafrasien
partitive		sassafrasia	sassafraseja
inessive		sassafrasissa	sassafraseissa
elative		sassafrasista	sassafraseista
illative		sassafrasiin	sassafraseihin
adessive		sassafrasilla	sassafraseilla
ablative		sassafrasilta	sassafraseilta
allative		sassafrasille	sassafraseille
essive		sassafrasina	sassafraseina
translative		sassafrasiksi	sassafraseiksi
abessive		sassafrasitta	sassafraseitta
instructive		—	sassafrasein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of sassafras (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative sassafrasini sassafrasini accusative nom. sassafrasini sassafrasini gen. sassafrasini genitive sassafrasini sassafrasieni partitive sassafrasiani sassafrasejani inessive sassafrasissani sassafraseissani elative sassafrasistani sassafraseistani illative sassafrasiini sassafraseihini adessive sassafrasillani sassafraseillani ablative sassafrasiltani sassafraseiltani allative sassafrasilleni sassafraseilleni essive sassafrasinani sassafraseinani translative sassafrasikseni sassafraseikseni abessive sassafrasittani sassafraseittani instructive — — comitative — sassafraseineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative sassafrasisi sassafrasisi accusative nom. sassafrasisi sassafrasisi gen. sassafrasisi genitive sassafrasisi sassafrasiesi partitive sassafrasiasi sassafrasejasi inessive sassafrasissasi sassafraseissasi elative sassafrasistasi sassafraseistasi illative sassafrasiisi sassafraseihisi adessive sassafrasillasi sassafraseillasi ablative sassafrasiltasi sassafraseiltasi allative sassafrasillesi sassafraseillesi essive sassafrasinasi sassafraseinasi translative sassafrasiksesi sassafraseiksesi abessive sassafrasittasi sassafraseittasi instructive — — comitative — sassafraseinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative sassafrasimme sassafrasimme accusative nom. sassafrasimme sassafrasimme gen. sassafrasimme genitive sassafrasimme sassafrasiemme partitive sassafrasiamme sassafrasejamme inessive sassafrasissamme sassafraseissamme elative sassafrasistamme sassafraseistamme illative sassafrasiimme sassafraseihimme adessive sassafrasillamme sassafraseillamme ablative sassafrasiltamme sassafraseiltamme allative sassafrasillemme sassafraseillemme essive sassafrasinamme sassafraseinamme translative sassafrasiksemme sassafraseiksemme abessive sassafrasittamme sassafraseittamme instructive — — comitative — sassafraseinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative sassafrasinne sassafrasinne accusative nom. sassafrasinne sassafrasinne gen. sassafrasinne genitive sassafrasinne sassafrasienne partitive sassafrasianne sassafrasejanne inessive sassafrasissanne sassafraseissanne elative sassafrasistanne sassafraseistanne illative sassafrasiinne sassafraseihinne adessive sassafrasillanne sassafraseillanne ablative sassafrasiltanne sassafraseiltanne allative sassafrasillenne sassafraseillenne essive sassafrasinanne sassafraseinanne translative sassafrasiksenne sassafraseiksenne abessive sassafrasittanne sassafraseittanne instructive — — comitative — sassafraseinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative sassafrasinsa sassafrasinsa accusative nom. sassafrasinsa sassafrasinsa gen. sassafrasinsa genitive sassafrasinsa sassafrasiensa partitive sassafrasiaan sassafrasiansa sassafrasejaan sassafrasejansa inessive sassafrasissaan sassafrasissansa sassafraseissaan sassafraseissansa elative sassafrasistaan sassafrasistansa sassafraseistaan sassafraseistansa illative sassafrasiinsa sassafraseihinsa adessive sassafrasillaan sassafrasillansa sassafraseillaan sassafraseillansa ablative sassafrasiltaan sassafrasiltansa sassafraseiltaan sassafraseiltansa allative sassafrasilleen sassafrasillensa sassafraseilleen sassafraseillensa essive sassafrasinaan sassafrasinansa sassafraseinaan sassafraseinansa translative sassafrasikseen sassafrasiksensa sassafraseikseen sassafraseiksensa abessive sassafrasittaan sassafrasittansa sassafraseittaan sassafraseittansa instructive — — comitative — sassafraseineen sassafraseinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• amerikansassafras