sassafras (sasafras)

[Formerly also sax a fras; = D. G. Sw. Dan. sa afras = F. sa afras = It. sa afras, sa afras so, sa of ras so = Pg. sa afraz (NL. sa afras ), 2 5347 Sa afras (Sa afras of ficin ale). 1. Branch with fruits. 2. Branch with sterile flowers. a, b, c, different forms of leaves. bark used in infusion as a tonic. (c) Of Queensland: a smaller related tree, Daphnandra micrantha. - Brazilian sa afras, the tree Nectandra Puchury, which yields the so-called sa afras-nuts or Pichurim beans. - Cayenne sa afras. See Licania. - Chilian sa afras. Same as Peruvian nutmeg (which see, under nutmeg ).-Oil of sa afras. See oil and sa afras -oil. Sa afras tea, an infusion of sa afras-wood or of the bark of the root. Swamp-sa afras, Magnolia glauca. See Magnolia. sa afras-nut (sas'a-fras-nut), n. Same as Pichurim bean.