Asarum
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asarum
(ˈæsərəm)n
(Elements & Compounds) 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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Noun | 1. | Asarum - wild ginger dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination Aristolochiaceae, birthwort family, family Aristolochiaceae - family of birthworts (including wild ginger) wild ginger - low-growing perennial herb with pungent gingery leaves and rhizomes Asarum shuttleworthii, heartleaf, heart-leaf - wild ginger having persistent heart-shaped pungent leaves; West Virginia to Alabama |
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