ASAFOETIDA
- an acrid gum resin with a strong smell like that of garlic, obtained from certain Asian plants also ASAFETIDA, ASSAFETIDA, ASSAFOETIDA [n -S]
- asafetida (a brownish, bitter, foul-smelling resinous material obtained from the roots of several plants in the parsley family and formerly used in medicine) [n ASAFOETIDAS]