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asafoetida/æsəˈfi:tidə, -ˈfet-/n. (US [美] asafetida) a resinous plant gum with a fetid ammoniac smell, formerly used in medicine, now as a herbal remedy and in Indian cooking 阿魏(一种植物树脂，以前用作药品，现用作草药，在印度亦食用) [Middle English from medieval Latin, from asa (from Persian azɑˉ ‘mastic’) + fetida (as FETID)] |