sassafras oil
a yellowish or reddish-yellow, aromatic volatile oil distilled from sassafras root, used in flavoring, perfumery, and medicine.
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The production of sassafras oil is perhaps the largest industry dependent upon this tree.
American Forest Trees | Henry H. Gibsonsassafras oil, distilled from the bark of Sassafras officinalis, and obtained chiefly from America.
The Handbook of Soap Manufacture | W. H. SimmonsIt is sold as an artificial sassafras oil, and is very much used in perfuming cheap toilet or household soaps.
The Handbook of Soap Manufacture | W. H. SimmonsSafrol, an ether which is the chief constituent of sassafras oil, and also found in considerable quantity in camphor oil.
The Handbook of Soap Manufacture | W. H. Simmons
British Dictionary definitions for sassafras oil
a clear volatile oil that is extracted from the root of the sassafras tree and contains camphor, pinene, and safrole
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