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asarabacca
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asarabacca, n. [L. asarum + bacca a berry. See Asarone.].
An acrid herbaceous plant (Asarum Europæum ), the leaves and roots of which are emetic and cathartic. It is principally used in cephalic snuffs. [1913 Webster]
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