sassafras tea

American  

noun

1. a tea made from the aromatic dried bark of the root of the sassafras tree, often used medicinally as a stimulant, diaphoretic, and diuretic.

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Etymology

Origin of sassafras tea

First recorded in 1775–85

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sassafras tea

For the front awning, he used sassafras, a semi-soft wood that darkens with age, smells like root beer when you cut it, and reminds him of the sassafras tea he drank as a kid.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2023

Farmers' almanacs advise rural readers to drink sassafras tea and rhubarb brews to cleanse the body of winter's ills.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was taken down and the roots chopped up, and I think everybody in town took some home to boil for sassafras tea.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

She could talk clearer and she took some chicken broth and sassafras tea when Mama brought it in to her.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

Breakfast was light—acorn pancakes, jam, and sassafras tea.

From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George