Example sentences from the Web for asafoetida

Some take it up like a hot horseshoe, and hold it off at arm's length like a druggist pouring tincture of asafoetida in a bottle.
Heart of the West|O. Henry
Saffron, asafoetida, and the gum ammoniac plant, are indigenous in parts of it.
The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 6. (of 7): Parthia|George Rawlinson
His wry faces were from no indigestion, but from the savour of asafoetida, unrelieved by brandy.
Feats on the Fiord|Harriet Martineau
Asafoetida, jaggery and other articles are then given, not to the mother but to the father.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV|R.V. Russell

Other products are manna, suffron, asafoetida and other gums.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 7|Various

asafoetida

asafetida

/ (ˌæsəˈfɛtɪdə) /

noun

a bitter resin with an unpleasant onion-like smell, obtained from the roots of some umbelliferous plants of the genus Ferula: formerly used as a carminative, antispasmodic, and expectorant

Word Origin for asafoetida

C14: from Medieval Latin, from asa gum (compare Persian azā mastic) + Latin foetidus evil-smelling, fetid

Words nearby asafoetida

as, Asa, ASA/BS, Asacol, asafetida, asafoetida, Asahigawa, asalam-wa-leikum, as all getout, Asama, as a matter of course

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单词	asafoetida
释义	Example sentences from the Web for asafoetida Some take it up like a hot horseshoe, and hold it off at arm's length like a druggist pouring tincture of asafoetida in a bottle. Heart of the West\|O. Henry Saffron, asafoetida, and the gum ammoniac plant, are indigenous in parts of it. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 6. (of 7): Parthia\|George Rawlinson His wry faces were from no indigestion, but from the savour of asafoetida, unrelieved by brandy. Feats on the Fiord\|Harriet Martineau Asafoetida, jaggery and other articles are then given, not to the mother but to the father. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV\|R.V. Russell Other products are manna, suffron, asafoetida and other gums. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 7\|Various asafoetida asafetida / (ˌæsəˈfɛtɪdə) / noun a bitter resin with an unpleasant onion-like smell, obtained from the roots of some umbelliferous plants of the genus Ferula: formerly used as a carminative, antispasmodic, and expectorant Word Origin for asafoetida C14: from Medieval Latin, from asa gum (compare Persian azā mastic) + Latin foetidus evil-smelling, fetid Words nearby asafoetida as, Asa, ASA/BS, Asacol, asafetida, asafoetida, Asahigawa, asalam-wa-leikum, as all getout, Asama, as a matter of course Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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