sassafras

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English

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Alternative forms

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The leaf of Sassafras albidum

Etymology

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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.

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Noun

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sassafras (countable and uncountable, plural sassafrases)

  1. (countable) A tree of species Sassafras albidum of the eastern United States and Asia having mitten-shaped leaves and red, aromatic heartwood.
    Synonyms: red sassafras, silky sassafras, white sassafras
  2. (countable) A tree of any species in the genus Sassafras.
  3. (uncountable) The bark of the root of this plant, used for medicinal and (mostly historically) culinary purposes and formerly a main ingredient in root beer.
    Synonym: cinnamonwood
    • 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, Kupperman, published 1988, page 82:
      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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Finnish

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Etymology

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From translingual Sassafras.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑsːɑfrɑs/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝s̠ːɑ̝frɑ̝s̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑsːɑfrɑs
  • Syllabification(key): sas‧saf‧ras

Noun

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sassafras

  1. sassafras (tree of the genus Sassafras; its bark)

Declension

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Inflection of sassafras (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative sassafras sassafrasit
genitive sassafrasin sassafrasien
partitive sassafrasia sassafraseja
illative sassafrasiin sassafraseihin
singular plural
nominative sassafras sassafrasit
accusative nom. sassafras sassafrasit
gen. sassafrasin
genitive sassafrasin sassafrasien
partitive sassafrasia sassafraseja
inessive sassafrasissa sassafraseissa
elative sassafrasista sassafraseista
illative sassafrasiin sassafraseihin
adessive sassafrasilla sassafraseilla
ablative sassafrasilta sassafraseilta
allative sassafrasille sassafraseille
essive sassafrasina sassafraseina
translative sassafrasiksi sassafraseiksi
abessive sassafrasitta sassafraseitta
instructive sassafrasein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of sassafras (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative sassafrasini sassafrasini
accusative nom. sassafrasini sassafrasini
gen. sassafrasini
genitive sassafrasini sassafrasieni
partitive sassafrasiani sassafrasejani
inessive sassafrasissani sassafraseissani
elative sassafrasistani sassafraseistani
illative sassafrasiini sassafraseihini
adessive sassafrasillani sassafraseillani
ablative sassafrasiltani sassafraseiltani
allative sassafrasilleni sassafraseilleni
essive sassafrasinani sassafraseinani
translative sassafrasikseni sassafraseikseni
abessive sassafrasittani sassafraseittani
instructive
comitative sassafraseineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative sassafrasisi sassafrasisi
accusative nom. sassafrasisi sassafrasisi
gen. sassafrasisi
genitive sassafrasisi sassafrasiesi
partitive sassafrasiasi sassafrasejasi
inessive sassafrasissasi sassafraseissasi
elative sassafrasistasi sassafraseistasi
illative sassafrasiisi sassafraseihisi
adessive sassafrasillasi sassafraseillasi
ablative sassafrasiltasi sassafraseiltasi
allative sassafrasillesi sassafraseillesi
essive sassafrasinasi sassafraseinasi
translative sassafrasiksesi sassafraseiksesi
abessive sassafrasittasi sassafraseittasi
instructive
comitative sassafraseinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative sassafrasimme sassafrasimme
accusative nom. sassafrasimme sassafrasimme
gen. sassafrasimme
genitive sassafrasimme sassafrasiemme
partitive sassafrasiamme sassafrasejamme
inessive sassafrasissamme sassafraseissamme
elative sassafrasistamme sassafraseistamme
illative sassafrasiimme sassafraseihimme
adessive sassafrasillamme sassafraseillamme
ablative sassafrasiltamme sassafraseiltamme
allative sassafrasillemme sassafraseillemme
essive sassafrasinamme sassafraseinamme
translative sassafrasiksemme sassafraseiksemme
abessive sassafrasittamme sassafraseittamme
instructive
comitative sassafraseinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative sassafrasinne sassafrasinne
accusative nom. sassafrasinne sassafrasinne
gen. sassafrasinne
genitive sassafrasinne sassafrasienne
partitive sassafrasianne sassafrasejanne
inessive sassafrasissanne sassafraseissanne
elative sassafrasistanne sassafraseistanne
illative sassafrasiinne sassafraseihinne
adessive sassafrasillanne sassafraseillanne
ablative sassafrasiltanne sassafraseiltanne
allative sassafrasillenne sassafraseillenne
essive sassafrasinanne sassafraseinanne
translative sassafrasiksenne sassafraseiksenne
abessive sassafrasittanne sassafraseittanne
instructive
comitative sassafraseinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative sassafrasinsa sassafrasinsa
accusative nom. sassafrasinsa sassafrasinsa
gen. sassafrasinsa
genitive sassafrasinsa sassafrasiensa
partitive sassafrasiaan
sassafrasiansa
sassafrasejaan
sassafrasejansa
inessive sassafrasissaan
sassafrasissansa
sassafraseissaan
sassafraseissansa
elative sassafrasistaan
sassafrasistansa
sassafraseistaan
sassafraseistansa
illative sassafrasiinsa sassafraseihinsa
adessive sassafrasillaan
sassafrasillansa
sassafraseillaan
sassafraseillansa
ablative sassafrasiltaan
sassafrasiltansa
sassafraseiltaan
sassafraseiltansa
allative sassafrasilleen
sassafrasillensa
sassafraseilleen
sassafraseillensa
essive sassafrasinaan
sassafrasinansa
sassafraseinaan
sassafraseinansa
translative sassafrasikseen
sassafrasiksensa
sassafraseikseen
sassafraseiksensa
abessive sassafrasittaan
sassafrasittansa
sassafraseittaan
sassafraseittansa
instructive
comitative sassafraseineen
sassafraseinensa

Derived terms

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compounds