Meaning of Sassafras | Babel Free

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1. A tree of species Sassafras albidum of the eastern United States and Asia having mitten-shaped leaves and red, aromatic heartwood.
   countable
2. A locality in Latrobe council area and the Meander Valley council area, northern Tasmania, Australia.
3. A tree of any species in the genus Sassafras.
   countable
4. A locality in the City of Knox and the Shire of Yarra Ranges, Victoria, Australia.
5. The bark of the root of this plant, used for medicinal and (mostly historically) culinary purposes and formerly a main ingredient in root beer.
   uncountable

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“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⟳.”

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