Sassafras
See also: sassafras
Translingual
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Sassafras albidum
Wikispecies
Etymology
New Latin, from Spanish sasafrás, possibly from Latin saxifragus (“stone-breaking”) from the habit of certain unrelated plants growing in cracks in boulders.
Proper noun
Sassafras n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Lauraceae – the sassafras tree.