asafœtidan.
/asəˈfɛtɪdə/ a. A concreted resinous gum, with a strong alliaceous odour, procured in central Asia from the Narthex asafœtida and allied umbelliferous plants; used in medicine as an antispasmodic, and as a flavouring in made dishes.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > other vegetable materials > plant resin > [noun] > gum (resin) > specific
myrrheOE
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draganta1300
sandragon1334
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storaxa1382
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asafœtidaa1398
cinnabara1398
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frankincensea1400
labdanuma1400
opopanaxa1400
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sarcocolc1400
ammoniacc1420
gristle?1537
ladanum1551
dragon's blood1555
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amber1565
anime1577
laser1578
benjamin1580
sarcocolla1584
bdellium1585
sagapenum1597
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red gum1614
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laudanum1616
gum ammoniac1627
male incense1647
sandarac1655
flesh-glue1659
adragant1696
dammar1698
sagapen1712
gum-dragon1718
courbaril1753
gum-senegal1760
Jew's frankincense1760
guggul1813
angico1821
gum-kino1830
butea gum1832
piney varnish1832
Kuteera gum1838
acaroid1839
bumbo1839
thus1842
gum-juniper1844
piney dammar1846
acacine1855
mochras1856
talha1857
copalm balsam1858
gum benjamin1859
wattle-gum1863
Senegal gum1867
Suakin1874
Barbary gum1875
oliva1882
ledon1885
jatoba1890
mimosa gum1890
xylan1894
gum accroides1909
karaya1916
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. xl. 1303 Some stynkynge þinges beþ ydoon in medicyne, as..brymston and asa fetida.
a1500 MS. Sloan No. 4. 83 in Notes & Queries iii. VI. 4/2 Take ij penyworth of Asafetyday.
c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. lxxxix/2 Azafedida at xvid.
1598 E. Guilpin Skialetheia sig. B7 Thow'lt doome them to th' Apotheta, To wrap Sope in, and Assifœtida.
1693 J. Ray Three Physico-theol. Disc. (ed. 2) i. iv. 54 A Lump of Asafœtida.
1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World II. 131 I am for sauce strong with assafœtida, or fuming with garlic.
1849 W. C. Macready Reminisc. II. 321 A bottle of asafœtida..splashed my own dress, smelling of course most horribly.
b. The plant that produces this gum.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular tree or plant yielding useful gum or resin > [noun] > Asian > other Asian gum trees
asafœtida1607
gamboge1752
rose malloes1752
rasamala1817
thitsi1832
wood-apple1858
cattimandoo1880
gurjun1892
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 538 The hearb cald Assafœtida.
1862 H. W. Bellew Jrnl. Polit. Mission Afghanistan 270 The assafœtida..grows wild on the sandy and gravelly plains that form the western portion of Afghanistan.
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