The brownish gum resin of various plants; has strong taste and odor; formerly used as an antispasmodic.
1 All we ever wore to keep off diseases was asafetida , nothing else.
2 The asafetida disappeared into the mixture leaving behind a perfume of garlic and onion.
3 The drug asafetida is a product of this order.
4 We used asafetida to keep off smallpox and measles.
5 And then a chhonk of asafetida , cumin, and red chili powder is swirled over the top, providing nuttiness and heat.
6 A large quantity of wool, together with silk, dried fruit, madder and asafetida , finds its way to India by the Kandahar route.
7 Likewise, in the spring of the year he frequently anointed the young of the species with a mixture of mutton suet and asafetida .
8 We had the same doctors the white folks had and we wore asafetida and garlic and onions to keep from taking all them ailments.
9 In Kashmir the Hindus avoid sexy onions and garlic; they love the taste of heeng ( asafetida ) and the non-incestuous fennel and ginger.
10 The ancients used asafetida as a seasoning, and what we have called "stercus diaboli," the Asiatics have named the "food of the gods."
11 Asafetida : used in exorcisms, attracts wolves
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