Usually means: Strong, pungent spice used globally.
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  1. asafoetida: Merriam-Webster
  2. asafoetida: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. asafoetida: Collins English Dictionary
  4. asafoetida: Vocabulary.com
  5. asafoetida: Wordnik
  6. asafoetida: Wiktionary
  7. asafoetida: Dictionary.com
  8. Asafoetida: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Asafoetida: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. asafoetida: Rhymezone
  11. Asafoetida: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. asafoetida: FreeDictionary.org
  13. asafoetida: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. asafoetida: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Encyclopedia of Spices (No longer online)

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  1. asafoetida: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. asafoetida: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. asafoetida: Medical dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. BBC Food Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (asafoetida)

noun:  A resinous gum from the stem and roots of Ferula species such as Ferula foetida and Ferula assa-foetida, having a strong, unpleasant smell, with culinary and medical uses.

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