asarabacca

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noun

An acrid herbaceous plant, Asarum europaeum, the leaves and roots of which were used for emetic and cathartic purposes.

Similar
hazelwortwild gingerAsarum europaeum
OriginLatin asarum →
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Meanings

nounasarabacca (usually uncountable, plural asarabaccas)

plural asarabaccas · alternative asarabacke

  1. uncountableusuallyAn acrid herbaceous plant, Asarum europaeum, the leaves and roots of which were used for emetic and cathartic purposes.

    Synonyms: hazelwort, wild ginger

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn acrid herbaceous plant, Asarum europaeum, the leaves and roots of which were used for emetic and cathartic purposes.

Similar
hazelwortwild ginger

More synonyms by meaning

nounthick creeping evergreen herb of western Europe

Similar
Asarum europaeum
Broader
wild ginger
Also see
shinleaf

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinasarum
  2. Englishasarabacca

From Latin asarum + baccar.

More words from Latin

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Translations

Ancient Greek ἄσαρον
  • ἄσαρον (ásaron)Asarum europaeum
Arabic أَسَارُون
  • أَسَارُون (ʔasārūn)Asarum europaeum
Bulgarian копи́тник
  • копи́тник (kopítnik)Asarum europaeum
Czech kopytník
  • kopytníkAsarum europaeum
Danish hasselurt
  • hasselurtAsarum europaeum
Dutch mansoor
  • mansoorAsarum europaeum
Estonian metspipar
  • metspiparAsarum europaeum
Finnish taponlehti, lehtotaponlehti
  • taponlehtiAsarum europaeum
  • lehtotaponlehtiAsarum europaeum
French asaret
  • asaretAsarum europaeum
German Haselwurz
  • HaselwurzAsarum europaeum
Hungarian kopotnyak, kapotnyak
  • kopotnyakAsarum europaeum
  • kapotnyakAsarum europaeum
Latin asarum
  • asarumAsarum europaeum
Lithuanian pipirlapė
  • pipirlapėAsarum europaeum
Persian اسارون
  • اسارون (asârun)Asarum europaeum
Polish kopytnik
  • kopytnikAsarum europaeum
Portuguese ásaro
  • ásaroAsarum europaeum
Romanian pochívnic
  • pochívnicAsarum europaeum
Russian копы́тень
  • копы́тень (kopýtenʹ)Asarum europaeum
Slovak kopytník
  • kopytníkAsarum europaeum
Swedish hasselört
  • hasselörtAsarum europaeum
Turkish çobandüdüğü, meyhaneci otu
  • çobandüdüğüAsarum europaeum
  • meyhaneci otuAsarum europaeum
Ukrainian копи́тник, копитня́к
  • копи́тник (kopýtnyk)Asarum europaeum
  • копитня́к (kopytnják)Asarum europaeum
Welsh carn-yr-ebol y gerddi, llysiau'r cyfog
  • carn-yr-ebol y gerddiAsarum europaeum
  • llysiau'r cyfogAsarum europaeum
Cite this entry
APA

asarabacca. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/asarabacca

MLA

“asarabacca.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/asarabacca. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “asarabacca,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/asarabacca.

Source: asarabacca on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.