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asarabacca

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An acrid herbaceous plant, Asarum europaeum, the leaves and roots of which were used for emetic and cathartic purposes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hazelwort, wild ginger

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

thick creeping evergreen herb of western Europe

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Asarum europaeum

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wild ginger

History

Etymology

From Latin asarum + baccar.

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أَسَارُون (ʔasārūn) — Asarum europaeum
  • Azerbaijani: çobandüdüyü — Asarum europaeum
  • Belarusian: падале́шнік (padaljéšnik) — Asarum europaeum
  • Bulgarian: копи́тник (kopítnik) — Asarum europaeum
  • Czech: kopytník — Asarum europaeum
  • Danish: hasselurt — Asarum europaeum
  • Dutch: mansoor — Asarum europaeum
  • Estonian: metspipar — Asarum europaeum
  • Finnish: taponlehti — Asarum europaeum
  • Finnish: lehtotaponlehti — Asarum europaeum
  • French: asaret — Asarum europaeum
  • German: Haselwurz — Asarum europaeum
  • Ancient Greek: ἄσαρον (ásaron) — Asarum europaeum
  • Hungarian: kopotnyak — Asarum europaeum
  • Hungarian: kapotnyak — Asarum europaeum
  • Latin: asarum — Asarum europaeum
  • Lithuanian: pipirlapė — Asarum europaeum
  • Old English: hæselwyrt — Asarum europaeum
  • Persian: اسارون (asârun) — Asarum europaeum
  • Polish: kopytnik — Asarum europaeum
  • Portuguese: ásaro — Asarum europaeum
  • Romanian: pochívnic — Asarum europaeum
  • Russian: копы́тень (kopýtenʹ) — Asarum europaeum
  • Serbo-Croatian: ко̀питња̄к — Asarum europaeum
  • Serbo-Croatian: kòpitnjāk — Asarum europaeum
  • Slovak: kopytník — Asarum europaeum
  • Slovene: kopȋtnik — Asarum europaeum
  • Swedish: hasselört — Asarum europaeum
  • Ukrainian: копи́тник (kopýtnyk) — Asarum europaeum
  • Ukrainian: копитня́к (kopytnják) — Asarum europaeum
  • Welsh: carn-yr-ebol y gerddi — Asarum europaeum
  • Welsh: llysiau'r cyfog — Asarum europaeum