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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

The production of sassafras oil is perhaps the largest industry dependent upon this tree.

Sassafras oil, distilled from the bark of Sassafras officinalis, and obtained chiefly from America.

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

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

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