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asafoetida
/ ˌæsəˈfɛtɪdə /
noun
- a bitter resin with an unpleasant onion-like smell, obtained from the roots of some umbelliferous plants of the genus Ferula: formerly used as a carminative, antispasmodic, and expectorant
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Origin of asafoetida1
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Example Sentences
"Let me see how much asafoetida you've got," said Sneak, after they had walked a few moments in silence.
It is generally a greasy stew of mutton, soaked with rancid butter and saffron, and seasoned with asafoetida.
They do not use asafoetida (hing) nor the fruit of the umar fig-tree.
Some take it up like a hot horseshoe, and hold it off at arm's length like a druggist pouring tincture of asafoetida in a bottle.
His wry faces were from no indigestion, but from the savour of asafoetida, unrelieved by brandy.
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