genus sassafras

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1. a genus of sassafras (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	magnoliid dicot genus,
definition	:	genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	sassafras, sassafras albidum, sassafras tree,
definition	:	yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark; source of sassafras oil; widely distributed in eastern North America (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	family lauraceae, lauraceae, laurel family,
definition	:	a family of Lauraceae (noun.plant)