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asafoetida Definition


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asafoetida
noun
    1. A gum resin with an unpleasant smell of onions formerly used medicinally, now widely used as an ingredient in Indian cooking.
Etymology: 14c: from Latin asa gum (from Persian aza mastic) + Latin foetida fetid.



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