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Webster 1913 Edition


Asarabacca


Asˊa-ra-bac′ca

,
Noun.
[L.
asarum
+
bacca
a berry. See
Asarone
.]
(Bot.)
An acrid herbaceous plant (
Asarum Europæum
), the leaves and roots of which are emetic and cathartic. It is principally used in cephalic snuffs.

Definition 2024


asarabacca

asarabacca

English

Noun

asarabacca (usually uncountable, plural asarabaccas)

  1. An acrid herbaceous plant, Asarum europaeum whose leaves and roots are emetic and cathartic.