noun
yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark; source of sassafras oil; widely distributed in eastern North America
• Syn: ↑sassafras, ↑Sassafras albidum
• Hypernyms: ↑laurel
• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Sassafras
• Substance Meronyms: ↑sassafras oil
• Part Meronyms: ↑sassafras
Useful english dictionary. 2012.