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s | sassafras |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a proper noun sassafras is

.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    sassafras

    English

    (wikipedia sassafras)

    Alternative forms

    * saxefras

    Noun

  • (countable) A tree of species of the eastern United States and Asia having mitten-shaped leaves and red, aromatic heartwood.
  • (countable) A tree of any species in the genus Sassafras .
  • (uncountable) The bark of the root of this plant, used for medicinal and (mostly historically) culinary purposes and formerly a main ingredient in root beer.
  • * 1624 , John Smith, Generall Historie , in Kupperman 1988, p. 82:
    • 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.

    Derived terms

    * * ) * * sassafras nut *

    See also

    * (Sassafras)