Noah Webster
Asa-fetida
ASA-FET'IDA, noun [Asa, gum, and Latin fatidus, fetid.]
A fetid gum-resin, from the East Indies. It is the concrete juice of a large unbelliferous plant, much used in Medicine, as an antispasmodic.
ASA-FET'IDA, noun [Asa, gum, and Latin fatidus, fetid.]
A fetid gum-resin, from the East Indies. It is the concrete juice of a large unbelliferous plant, much used in Medicine, as an antispasmodic.