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SASSAFRAS OIL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sassafras oil mean?
• SASSAFRAS OIL (noun)
The noun SASSAFRAS OIL has 1 sense:
1. oil from root bark of sassafras trees; used in perfumery and as a disinfectant
Familiarity information: SASSAFRAS OIL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Oil from root bark of sassafras trees; used in perfumery and as a disinfectant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("sassafras oil" is a kind of...):
oil (a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water)
Holonyms ("sassafras oil" is a substance of...):
sassafras; Sassafras albidum; sassafras tree (yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark; source of sassafras oil; widely distributed in eastern North America)
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