sassafras

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• UK: /ˈsasəfɹas/
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From Spanish sasafrás, possibly from Latin saxifragus (“stone-breaking”) from the habit of certain plants growing in cracks in boulders. If this etymology is correct, it is a doublet of saxifrage.

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: sassafràs — Sassafras albidum
• Finnish: amerikansassafras — Sassafras albidum
• Polish: sasafras lekarski — Sassafras albidum
• Unami: winakw — Sassafras albidum
• Cherokee: ᎦᎾᏍᏓᏥ (ganasdatsi) — tree of the species Sassafras
• Finnish: sassafras — tree of the species Sassafras
• German: Sassafras — tree of the species Sassafras
• German: Sassafrasbaum — tree of the species Sassafras
• German: Fenchelholzbaum — tree of the species Sassafras
• German: Nelkenzimtbaum — tree of the species Sassafras
• Polish: sasafras — tree of the species Sassafras
• Russian: сассафра́с (sassafrás) — tree of the species Sassafras
• Spanish: sasafrás — tree of the species Sassafras
• Tagalog: sasapras — tree of the species Sassafras
• Volapük: sasafrat — tree of the species Sassafras
• Cherokee: ᎧᎾᏍᏓᏥ (kanasdatsi) — dried bark of the sassafras tree
• Finnish: sassafras — dried bark of the sassafras tree
• German: Sassafrasrinde — dried bark of the sassafras tree
• Polish: sasafras — dried bark of the sassafras tree
• Spanish: sasafrás — dried bark of the sassafras tree
• Tagalog: sasapras — dried bark of the sassafras tree
• Volapük: sasafratavulajal — dried bark of the sassafras tree