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sassafras oil

noun

  1. a yellowish or reddish-yellow, aromatic volatile oil distilled from sassafras root, used in flavoring, perfumery, and medicine.


sassafras oil

noun

  1. a clear volatile oil that is extracted from the root of the sassafras tree and contains camphor, pinene, and safrole
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sassafras oil1

First recorded in 1790–1800
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Example Sentences

In 1844, he wrote a book in which he finally revealed the ingredients: licorice, myrrh, sassafras oil and quinine.

The former is made from sassafras oil, which is derived mostly from endangered rain forest trees in Brazil and Southeast Asia.

Safrol, an ether which is the chief constituent of sassafras oil, and also found in considerable quantity in camphor oil.

Rheumatic Liniment.—Olive oil, spirits of camphor and chloroform, of each two ounces; sassafras oil, 1 drachm.

It is sold as an artificial sassafras oil, and is very much used in perfuming cheap toilet or household soaps.

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