sassafras tree

What does sassafras tree mean?

sassafras tree means "yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark; source of sassafras oil; widely distributed in eastern North America".

What is another word for sassafras tree?

Close synonyms include sassafras, 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 tree a common word?

sassafras tree is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for sassafras tree come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.