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sassy bark (sas′ē)

noun

  1. the bark of a leguminous African tree (Erythrophleum guineense) yielding an alkaloid, used as a substitute for digitalis, and a poison used in trial by ordeal
  2. this tree
    also called sassywood sas′sy·wood′ (-wo̵od′)

    noun

Etymology: prob. of Afr orig.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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