Asarum (asarum)

[L., few species are natives of the northern temperate zone. The asarabacca, A. Europæum, was formerly used as a purgative and an emetic. The common American species, A. Can a dense, is known as wild ginger or snakeroot. Five other species are found in the Alleghanies and Sierra Nevada, and four or five in Asia. asbestic (as-bes'tik), a. [ Asarum Europaum. asbestiform (as-bes'ti-fôrm), a. [L. asbestos ance of asbestos. 332 Ascalaphus +-idæ.] A family of plan i pennine neuropterous insects, related to the ant-lions (Myrmeleontida), and characterized by long clavate antennæ and a comparatively short body. It corresponds to the genus Ascalaphus of Fabric i us. Ascalaphus (as-kal'a-fus), n. [NL.,