Sassafras
See also: sassafras
Translingual
editEtymology
editNew 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
editSassafras n
Hypernyms
edit- (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
edit- (genus): Sassafras albidum (white sassafras etc.) - type species; Sassafras randaiense, Sassafras tzumu (Chinese sassafras), †Sassafras hesperia - other species
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- Sassafras on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Sassafras on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Sassafras on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons