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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

asarum

hazelwort, wild spikenard, Gr.

ἄσαρον

]

(Chem.)

A crystallized substance, resembling camphor, obtained from the

Asarum Europæum

; – called also

camphor of asarum

asarone ‎(plural asarones)

(organic chemistry) An aromatic ether, 2,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl-2-propene, found in the essential oils of plants of the genus Asarum