asarum

American

[as-er-uhm] / ˈæs ər əm /

noun

Chemistry.

the dried rhizome and roots of wild ginger that yield an acrid resin and a volatile, aromatic oil, used chiefly as a flavoring.

asarum British

/ ˈæsərəm /

noun

the dried strong-scented root of the wild ginger plant: a flavouring agent and source of an aromatic oil used in perfumery, formerly used in medicine

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Etymology

Origin of asarum

< Latin < Greek ásaron hazelwort, wild spikenard

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The root of asarum is perhaps the strongest of all the vegetable errhines, white hellebore itself not excepted.

From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by Salisbury, William

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