sassafras tree

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sassafras tree - yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark; source of sassafras oil; widely distributed in eastern North Americasassafras, Sassafras albidumsassafras - dried root bark of the sassafras treelaurel - any of various aromatic trees of the laurel familygenus Sassafras - a genus of sassafrassassafras oil - oil from root bark of sassafras trees; used in perfumery and as a disinfectant