Vocabulary : Asafetida to Asbestous

Asafetida : Alt. of Asafoetida
Asafoetida : 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.
Asaphus : A genus of trilobites found in the Lower Silurian formation. See Illust. in Append.
Asarabacca : An acrid herbaceous plant (Asarum Europaeum), the leaves and roots of which are emetic and cathartic. It is principally used in cephalic snuffs.
Asarone : A crystallized substance, resembling camphor, obtained from the Asarum Europaeum; -- called also camphor of asarum.

Asbestic : Of, pertaining to, or resembling asbestus; inconsumable; asbestine.
Asbestiform : Having the form or structure of asbestus.
Asbestine : Of or pertaining to asbestus, or partaking of its nature; incombustible; asbestic.
Asbestos : A variety of amphibole or of pyroxene, occurring in long and delicate fibers, or in fibrous masses or seams, usually of a white, gray, or green-gray color. The name is also given to a similar variety of serpentine.
Asbestous : Asbestic.

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