asarabacca
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Alternative forms
- asarabacke
Etymology
Noun
asarabacca (usually uncountable, plural asarabaccas)
- An acrid herbaceous plant, Asarum europaeum, the leaves and roots of which are emetic and cathartic.
- Synonyms: hazelwort, wild ginger
Related terms
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “asarabacca”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Translations
Asarum europaeum
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