asarum [ˈæsərəm]
n
(Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) the dried strong-scented root of the wild ginger plant: a flavouring agent and source of an aromatic oil used in perfumery, formerly used in medicine
[via New Latin from Latin: hazelwort, from Greek asaron]
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| Noun | 1. |  Asarum - wild ginger dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination Aristolochiaceae, birthwort family, family Aristolochiaceae - family of birthworts (including wild ginger) wild ginger - low-growing perennial herb with pungent gingery leaves and rhizomes Asarum shuttleworthii, heart-leaf, heartleaf - wild ginger having persistent heart-shaped pungent leaves; West Virginia to Alabama |
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