sassafras tree

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1. yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark; source of sassafras oil; widely distributed in eastern North America (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	laurel,
definition	:	any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family (noun.plant)

part holonym	:	sassafras,
definition	:	dried root bark of the sassafras tree (noun.food)

member meronym	:	genus sassafras,
definition	:	a genus of sassafras (noun.plant)

substance holonym	:	sassafras oil,
definition	:	oil from root bark of sassafras trees; used in perfumery and as a disinfectant (noun.plant)