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Noun: sassafras tree
  1. Yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark; source of sassafras oil; widely distributed in eastern North America
    - sassafras, Sassafras albidum

Derived forms: sassafras trees

Type of: laurel

Part of: genus Sassafras