sassafras
See also: Sassafras
English
Alternative forms
- saxefras [17th c.]
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish sasafrás, possibly from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin saxifragus (“stone-breaking”) from the habit of certain plants growing in cracks in boulders.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɑːs
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈsasəfɹas/
Noun
sassafras (countable and uncountable, plural sassafrases)
- (countable) A tree of species Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. of the eastern United States and Asia having mitten-shaped leaves and red, aromatic heartwood.
- (countable) A tree of any species in the genus Sassafras.
- (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.
- 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, in Kupperman 1988, p. 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.
- 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, in Kupperman 1988, p. 82:
Derived terms
- Australian sassafras
- black sassafras (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- blackheart sassafras (Atherosperma moschatum)
- Chilean sassafras (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- New Zealand sassafras (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- sassafras nut
- southern sassafras (Atherospermataceae spp.)
- swamp sassafras
Translations
Sassafras albidum
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tree of the species Sassafras
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dried bark of the sassafras tree
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See also
- Sassafras on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Finnish
Noun
sassafras
- sassafras (tree of the genus Sassafras; its bark)
Declension
Inflection of sassafras (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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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. |
Compounds
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- English terms derived from Latin
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- English 3-syllable words
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- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Laurel family plants
- en:Spices and herbs
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish risti-type nominals