asarabaccan.
/ˌasərəˈbakə/ Herbalism.
The plant Asarum europaeum, sometimes called hazelwort, used formerly as a purgative and emetic and as an ingredient of snuff.
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1551 W. Turner Herball (1568) i. 48 Of Follfoote or Asarabacca.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 240 They [sc. goats] loue Tameriske, Alderne, Elme-tree, assarabacke.
1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. iv. ii. i. 450 Laurell and Asrabecca..[are] two knowne vomits.
1736 Compl. Family-piece i. i. 8 Such Things as cause Sneezing, as..the Leaves of Assarabacca powder'd.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 98 Asarabacca..is said to be found wild in Westmoreland.
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