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Noun: asafetida  ,a-su'fee-ti-du or ,a-su'fe-ti-du
Usage: US (elsewhere: asafoetida)
  1. The brownish gum resin of various plants; has strong taste and odor; formerly used as an antispasmodic
    - asafoetida [Brit, Cdn], hing [Asia]

Derived forms: asafetidas

Type of: natural resin

Encyclopedia: Asafetida

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as usual
as we say
as well
as well as
as yet
ASA
asa dulcis
Asa Gray
Asa Yoelson
Asadha
asafetida
asafoetida
Asahikawa
ASALA
Asama
Asamiya
Asamiya language
asana
Asanga
ASAP
Asaph Hall