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Meanings of sassafras in English

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Yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark; source of sassafras oil; widely distributed in eastern North America.

sassafras treeSassafras albidum
Usage of sassafras in English
1
Pieces of sassafras root were always placed with dried apples, peaches, etc.
Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled During Her Visit Among the "Pennsylvania Germans"
2
The hot afternoon wind rustled in the leaves of the sassafras trees.
Death Trance
3
It hangs thin by the sassafras and wild-cherry and cat-brier under them.
Leaves of Grass
4
He put the implement into his bag, followed by the sassafras root.
Speaks the Nightbird
5
I reached for a handful of sassafras leaves to wipe my mouth.
Caleb's crossing
6
A decoction of the root of sassafras is good to put in beer.
Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers
7
There was often an odor of sassafras in the afternoon service.
The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 4
8
The patient should drink tea made of the roots of sassafras and burdock.
Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers
9
The spicy twang of the sassafras was yet on her tongue.
Young Lucretia and Other Stories
10
Quietly she stole past the sassafras brake to the big laurel.
A Man Four-Square
11
They saw her digging with her trowel round a sassafras bush.
The Peterkin papers
12
Gosnold brought back from Cape Cod a mixed cargo of sassafras and cedar.
The Founder of New France : A Chronicle of Champlain
13
Ground dried sassafras leaves, or filé powder, similarly thickens Louisianan gumbo.
On food and cooking: the science and lore of the kitchen
14
He went barefoot all summer long, and was much given to chewing sassafras.
Young Lucretia and Other Stories
15
You should have come in time for a dose of sassafras.
The Harvester
16
There's an old sassafras tree in the middle of the yard.
The Girl Who Cried Monster
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