asarum

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noun Chemistry.

the dried rhizome and roots of wild ginger that yield an acrid resin and a volatile, aromatic oil, used chiefly as a flavoring.

Origin:
< Latin < Greek ásaron hazelwort, wild spikenard

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asarum (ˈæsərəm)

—n
	the dried strong-scented root of the wild ginger plant: a flavouring agent and source of an aromatic oil used in perfumery, formerly used in medicine

[C19: via New Latin from Latin: hazelwort, from Greek asaron]

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