Sassafras

See also: sassafras

Translingual

Sassafras albidum

Etymology

New Latin, from Spanish sasafrás, possibly from Latin saxifragus (“stone-breaking”) from the habit of certain not closely related plants (Saxifraga spp.) growing in cracks in boulders.

Proper noun

Sassafras n

A taxonomic genus within the family Lauraceae – sassafras trees.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, magnoliids - clades; Laurales - order; Lauraceae - family; Cinnamomeae - tribe

Hyponyms

(genus): Sassafras albidum (white sassafras etc.) - type species; Sassafras randaiense, Sassafras tzumu (Chinese sassafras), †Sassafras hesperia - other species

Derived terms

References

Sassafras on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Sassafras on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Sassafras on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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