n the brownish gum resin of various plants; has strong taste and odor; formerly used as an antispasmodic
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Pertaining to, or derived from, asafetida (Ferula asafoetida)
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a bitter aromatic gum resin that resembles asafetida
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A colorless crystalline substance of the phenol series, obtained by melting certain resins, as galbanum, asafetida, etc., with caustic potash
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A tasteless white crystalline substance, C9H6O3, found in the bark of a certain plant (Daphne Mezereum), and also obtained by the distillation of certain gums from the Umbelliferae, as galbanum, asafetida, etc
