asarum

/as-er-uhm/US // ˈæs ər əm //UK // (ˈæsərəm) //

阿萨姆,阿萨罗姆,阿斯兰姆

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Chemistry.
- : the dried rhizome and roots of wild ginger that yield an acrid resin and a volatile, aromatic oil, used chiefly as a flavoring.

True ginger must not be confounded with "wild ginger," which is a small herbaceous plant (Asarum canadense) of the United States.
The long, slender rhizomes of Asarum have a pungent, aromatic taste similar to ginger.
It is probably a mixture of asarum-camphor and some partially oxidised volatile oil.
It also feeds upon wild ginger or Asarum and probably upon other plants.