ASAFOETIDA

Definition: ASAFOETIDA

ASAFOETIDA

Noun

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

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "ASAFOETIDA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1901. (references)

Crosswords: ASAFOETIDA

English words defined with "ASAFOETIDA": Ferulic. (references)

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Specialty Definition: Asafoetida

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Asafoetida, Ferula asafoetida (family Umbelliferae), is a resin gum which comes from the roots and stem of the wild fennel genus Ferula.

It derives its English and scientific name from the Persian word for resin and Latin foetida, which refers to its strong sulfurous odor.

Also known as hing, its Hindi name, this spice is used as a digestive aid and in pickles. It is mainly grown in India and Kashmir.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Asafoetida."

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Expression: ASAFOETIDA

Expression using "ASAFOETIDA": Ferula asafoetida. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: ASAFOETIDA

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
asafoetida	18
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Modern Translation: ASAFOETIDA

Language		Translations for "ASAFOETIDA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		阿魏 (Asafetida). (various references)

Danish		dyvelsdraek. (various references)

Dutch		duivelsdrek. (various references)

Esperanto		asafetido. (various references)

French		assafoetida, ase fétide. (various references)

German		Asa foetida, Teufelsdreck. (various references)

Greek		σίλιο, μηδικό σίλφιο (assafetida). (various references)

Italian		assa fetida. (various references)

Pig Latin		asafoetidaay

Portuguese		assa-fétida. (various references)

Spanish		asafétida, asa fétida (asafetida). (various references)

Turkish		şeytantersi (asafetida), çadıruşağı out (asafetida, gum ammoniacum). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: ASAFOETIDA

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Ferula assafoetida Linnaeus. (various references)
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Derivations: ASAFOETIDA

Derivations
	Words beginning with "ASAFOETIDA": asafoetidas. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: ASAFOETIDA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-a-d-e-f-i-o-s-t"
	-1 letter: asafetida.
	-3 letters: foisted, iodates, toadies.
	-4 letters: aftosa, defats, fasted, fiesta, fisted, foetid, iodate, sifted, softie, stadia, tafias, todies.
	-5 letters: adios, adits, aides, aside, dates, datos, defat, defis, deist, diets, ditas, dites, doats, doest, doits, dotes, edits, eidos, fades, fados, fated, fates, fatso, feast, feats, feist, feods, fetas, fetid, fiats, fidos, foist, ideas, iotas, odist.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-a-d-e-f-i-o-s-t"
	+1 letter: asafoetidas.
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