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/ˈsasəfɹas/ · noun
(countable) A tree of species Sassafras albidum of the eastern United States and Asia having mitten-shaped leaves and red, aromatic heartwood..
our allowance was somewhat bettered, by a daily proportion of Bisket, which the sailers would pilfer to sell, give, or exchange with us, for money, Saxefras, furres, or love.
Use sassafras when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sassafras means (countable) A tree of species Sassafras albidum of the eastern United States and Asia having mitten-shaped leaves and red, aromatic heartwood..
Common synonyms include red sassafras, silky sassafras, white sassafras, cinnamonwood.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
our allowance was somewhat bettered, by a daily proportion of Bisket, which the sailers would pilfer to sell, give, or exchange with us, for money, Saxefras, furres, or love.
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