Definitions for asarums

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asarums as·a·rum

Spelling: [as-er-uh m]

IPA: /ˈæs ər əm/

Asarums is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 132 anagrams from letters in asarums (aamrssu).

Definitions for asarums

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 asarums

Latin Greek ásaron hazelwort, wild spikenard

Examples for asarums

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

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

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