how to pronounce sassafras

/ˈsæsəfˌɹæs/

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sassafras is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of sassafras in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… a sassafras tree so they have favorite …”

meanings of sassafras

noun:

A tree of species Sassafras albidum of the eastern United States and Asia having mitten-shaped leaves and red, aromatic heartwood.
A tree of any species in the genus Sassafras.
The bark of the root of this plant, used for medicinal and (mostly historically) culinary purposes and formerly a main ingredient in root beer.

sassafras frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word sassafras occurs in english on average 0.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics sassafras can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that sassafras can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;