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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Lauraceae — thesassafras tree.
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Examples
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I discovered Bolero at a tea shop in Sassafras, near Melbourne in Australia.
Mariage Frères Tea; I am officially converted. Michele 2005
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The Jolie-Pitts are said to be moving to this Long Island New York home called Sassafras, located in Lloyd Neck.
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_Soil_: The trees growing on soil that is classified as Sassafras fine sandy loam in the heart of the southern Maryland tobacco growing district.
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I went out High to Seventh street, and up to Race street road, where there was better footing, as it had been kept in order for the sport which made us call it Race street, and not Sassafras, which is its real name.
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New founde worlde, (53) maketh mention of a tree called Sassafras, which the Frenchmen founde in Florida, fol. 46 of his booke, in manner followinge: From the Florida they bringe a woodde and roote of a tree that groweth in those partes, of greate vertues and excellencies, healinge therewith grevous and variable deseases.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. Richard Hakluyt 1584
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The estate, known as the Sassafras estate, is a 22,000-square-foot Tudor-style property, featuring 25 rooms and 18 bathrooms.
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"Sassafras," said Arthur Stuart, doing Miss Larner's voice as perfect as ever.
Prentice Alvin Card, Orson Scott 1989
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This, and a tea prepared from the sassafras, I used entirely as a substitute for gum arabic and flaxseed in colds, coughs, pneumonias, etc. See "Sassafras" and "Ulmus fulva."
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The dynamic couple who both scored Oscar nominations, will rent the 48-acre waterfront estate, 'Sassafras' from March while Angelina starts work on the film.
Home | Mail Online 2009
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Newsday reports the nomad-like family's latest residence will be "Sassafras", an estate in the Lloyd Neck area on Long Island.
Jimmydiamond commented on the word Sassafras
sarsaparilla would be made from extract of the sarsaparilla plant, a tropical vine distantly related to the lily, but you'd be wrong. It was originally made (artificial flavors have taken over now, of course) from a blend of birch oil and sassafras, the dried root bark of the sassafras tree. Sassafras was widely used as a home remedy in the nineteenth century
August 12, 2013