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sassafras oil
noun
- a yellowish or reddish-yellow, aromatic volatile oil distilled from sassafras root, used in flavoring, perfumery, and medicine.
sassafras oil
noun
- a clear volatile oil that is extracted from the root of the sassafras tree and contains camphor, pinene, and safrole
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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.
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Sassafras oil, distilled from the bark of Sassafras officinalis, and obtained chiefly from America.
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It is sold as an artificial sassafras oil, and is very much used in perfuming cheap toilet or household soaps.
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Safrol, an ether which is the chief constituent of sassafras oil, and also found in considerable quantity in camphor oil.
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