asafetida

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Noun

TANDA HUBUNG

as=a=fet=i=da

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun asafetida has 1 sense

asafetida(n = noun.substance) asafoetida - the brownish gum resin of various plants; has strong taste and odor; formerly used as an antispasmodic; Array

is a kind of natural resin

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CIDE DICTIONARY

asafetida, n. [Asa + L. foetidus fetid.].

The fetid gum resin or inspissated juice of a large umbelliferous plant (Ferula asafœtida) of Persia and the East Indies. It is used in medicine as an antispasmodic. [1913 Webster]