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    SASSAFRAS OIL

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Oil from root bark of sassafras trees; used in perfumery and as a disinfectantplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("sassafras oil" is a kind of...):

    oil (a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water)

    Holonyms ("sassafras oil" is a substance of...):

    sassafras; Sassafras albidum; sassafras tree (yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark; source of sassafras oil; widely distributed in eastern North America)

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