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How to pronounce sassafras in English?

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Synonyms sassafras albidum, sassafras tree
Type of laurel
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Type of flavorer, flavoring, flavourer, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning

Examples of sassafras

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The beauty of the delicate yellow blooms on the sassafras trees was captivating.
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Spices obtained from roots include sassafras, angelica, sarsaparilla and licorice.
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Halibut with fig leaves, sassafras, orange and fennel at Murray Circle in Fort Baker.
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The way you collect sassafras is to pull seedlings right out of the ground.
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Dried leaves are used in teas and have a taste reminiscent of sassafras.
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I just played around with sassafras, which some say will give me cancer.
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You know them as file powder, and without sassafras leaves your gumbo would not be gumbo.
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The first thing I knew I needed to do was to chop the sassafras roots.
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Subtle plum, sassafras and dry dust, with an elegance from fine tannins.
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More examples
  • Yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark; source of sassafras oil; widely distributed in eastern North America
  • Dried root bark of the sassafras tree
  • Sassafras is a genus of three extant and one extinct & 1987. "Middle Eocene Dicotyledonous Plants from Republic, Northeastern Washington". United States Geological Survey Bulletin 1597:13 species of deciduous trees in the family Lauraceae, native to eastern North America and eastern Asia.
  • Sassafras (1967-1988) was an French Champion Thoroughbred racehorse.
  • A term applied both to the reee Sassafras officinale and to its bark when dried and prepared.
  • Doryphora sassafras, starry white flowers cover the tops of the trees, distinguishing them from the other canopy species with which they grow. Particulary fragrant foliage, reminiscent of the North American laurel, Sassafras albidum, distingushes our sassafras. ...
  • Bark used in medicines and beverages
  • Slang for safari windows.