As`a*fet"i*da, As`a*fet"i*da (#), n. [Asa + L. foetidus fetid.]
The fetid gum resin or inspissated juice of a large umbelliferous plant (Ferula asafetida) of Persia and the East India. It is used in medicine as an antispasmodic.
[Written also
assafetida.]
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