Definition of asafoetida Asafoetida
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What does asafoetida mean?
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| asafoetida - the brownish gum resin of various plants; has strong taste and odor; formerly used as an antispasmodic | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- asafoetida (n.)
The fetid gum resin or inspissated juice of a large umbelliferous plant (Ferula asafoetida) of Persia and the East Indies. It is used in medicine as an antispasmodic.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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asafoetida
as-a-fet′i-da, n. a medicinal gum-resin, having an offensive smell, procured by drying the milky juice which flows from the root of the plant Ferula (Narthex) asafœtida. [Pers. azā, mastic, and L. fœtida, stinking.]
