sassafras

Other forms of sassafras

plural

sassafrases·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about sassafras

What does sassafras mean?

sassafras means "yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark; source of sassafras oil; widely distributed in eastern North America". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sassafras?

sassafras has 3 syllables: sas-sa-fras. The stress falls on "sas". In IPA it is /ˈsæsəˌfɹæs/.

What is another word for sassafras?

Close synonyms include sassafras tree, Sassafras albidum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sassafras a common word?

sassafras is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.