assafoetida

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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

nounassafoetida (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative spelling of asafoetida.

    The smell, too, is often perverted—Parosmia. The author was formerly acquainted with a lady, who scented her snuff with the tincture of assafœtida.

    1842, Robley Dunglison, “Of the Neuroses”, in The Practice of Medicine; or, A Treatise on Special Pathology and Therapeutics. […], volume II, Philadelphia, Pa.: Lea and Blanchard, →OCLC, book VI (Diseases of the Nervous System), page 280
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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