Asafoetida

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Asafoetida cake and powder or Hing or Heeng which is an important ingredient in Indian food recipes with big wooden spoon and mortar, selective focus

Ferula assafoetida

Synonyms:
Ferula Foetida, Hing, Heeng, Devil's Dung
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Categories: Ayurvedic Medicine, Essential Oil, Food, Gum, Homeopathic Medicine, Medicinal Plant, Powder, Russian Folk Medicine, Tea, Tincture, Traditional African Medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Unani Medicine
Asafoetida (Wiktionary)

English

Alternative forms

  • asafetida
  • assafetida (dated)
  • assafoetida, assa-fœtida

Etymology

Late Middle English, from Medieval Latin asafoetida, from Persian ازا / آزا‎ (azâ, âzâ, “mastic”) + Latin foetida, feminine of foetidus (“bad-smelling”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌæsəˈfɛtɪdə/

Noun

asafoetida (uncountable)

  1. A resinous gum from the stem and roots of genus Ferula, especially
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