Definitions for Asarum

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Asarum as·a·rum

Spelling: [as-er-uh m]

IPA: /ˈæs ər əm/

Asarum is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 107 anagrams from letters in Asarum (aamrsu).

Definitions for Asarum

noun

1. the dried rhizome and roots of wild ginger that yield an acrid resin and a volatile, aromatic oil, used chiefly as a flavoring.

Origin of Asarum

Latin Greek ásaron hazelwort, wild spikenard

Examples for Asarum

The long, slender rhizomes of asarum have a pungent, aromatic taste similar to ginger.

It also feeds upon wild ginger or asarum and probably upon other plants.

True ginger must not be confounded with "wild ginger," which is a small herbaceous plant (asarum canadense) of the United States.