Sassafras

See also: sassafras

Translingual

Sassafras albidum

Etymology

New Latin, from Spanish sasafrás, possibly from Latin saxifragus (“stone-breaking”) from the habit of certain not closely related plants (Saxifraga spp.) growing in cracks in boulders.

Proper noun

Sassafras n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Lauraceae – sassafras trees.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, magnoliids – clades; Laurales – order; Lauraceae – family; Cinnamomeae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Sassafras albidum (white sassafras etc.) - type species; Sassafras randaiense, Sassafras tzumu (Chinese sassafras), †Sassafras hesperia - other species

Derived terms

• Parasassafras
• Sinosassafras

References

• Sassafras on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sassafras on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Sassafras on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons