1. yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark; source of sassafras oil; widely distributed in eastern North America; [syn: sassafras, sassafras tree, Sassafras albidum]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sassafras tree
n 1: yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and
bark; source of sassafras oil; widely distributed in
eastern North America [syn: sassafras, sassafras tree,
Sassafras albidum]