asafoetida (also asafetida)

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  N a bitter resin with an unpleasant onion-like smell, obtained from the roots of some umbelliferous plants of the genus Ferula: formerly used as a carminative, antispasmodic, and expectorant 阿魏; 从阿魏属一些有伞状花序的植物的根部提取的苦树脂，曾用于祛风剂、镇静剂及祛痰剂