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(n.) The fetid gum resin or inspissated juice of a large umbelliferous plant (Ferula asafoetida) of Persia and the East Indies. It is used in medicine as an antispasmodic.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Asafoetida'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/asafoetida.html. 1828.
 
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