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Asarabacca

Asarabacca Meaning & Definition
Asarabacca Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Asarabacca?

[n] thick creeping evergreen herb of western Europe

Synonyms | Synonyms for Asarabacca: Asarum europaeum

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See Also | wild ginger

Asarabacca In Webster's Dictionary

\As`a*ra*bac"ca\, n. [L. asarum + bacca a berry. See {Asarone}.] (Bot.) An acrid herbaceous plant ({Asarum Europ[ae]um}), the leaves and roots of which are emetic and cathartic. It is principally used in cephalic snuffs.

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