asafetida

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A form of asafoetida — A resinous gum from the stem and roots of Ferula species such as Ferula foetida and Ferula assa-foetida, having a strong, unpleasant smell, with culinary and medical uses.

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Meanings

nounasafetida (usually uncountable, plural asafetidas)

plural asafetidas

  1. alternativeuncountableusuallyAlternative spelling of asafoetida.

    If one of her chickens got the snuffles one day, rubbing asafetida in butter on their nostrils would set them straight.

    2016, Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad, Fleet (2017), page 220

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe brownish gum resin of various plants; has strong taste and odor; formerly used as an antispasmodic

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asafoetida
Broader
natural resin
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asafoetida

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

asafetida. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/asafetida

MLA

“asafetida.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/asafetida. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “asafetida,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/asafetida.

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