Sassafras vs Safrole - What's the difference?
sassafras | safrole |
(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:
(organic chemistry) A colourless to yellow liquid, a component of sassafras oil and brown camphor oil, with pesticidal properties.
As nouns the difference between sassafras and safrole
is that sassafras is a tree of species species: Sassafras albidum of the eastern United States and Asia having mitten-shaped leaves and red, aromatic heartwood while safrole is a colourless to yellow liquid, a component of sassafras oil and brown camphor oil, with pesticidal properties.sassafras
English
(wikipedia sassafras)Alternative forms
* saxefrasNoun
- 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.