Definitions from Wiktionary (Sasawood)
▸ noun: (rare) Obsolete form of sassywood. [A form of trial by ordeal in Liberia, typically involving a suspect drinking a poisonous concoction made from the bark of the ordeal tree Erythrophleum guineense, Erythrophleum ivorense, or Erythrophleum suaveolens (called sassy bark); by extension, other forms of trial by ordeal such as applying a heated machete to the suspect's legs, or dipping the suspect's hand into hot oil.]
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▸ noun: (rare) Obsolete form of sassywood. [A form of trial by ordeal in Liberia, typically involving a suspect drinking a poisonous concoction made from the bark of the ordeal tree Erythrophleum guineense, Erythrophleum ivorense, or Erythrophleum suaveolens (called sassy bark); by extension, other forms of trial by ordeal such as applying a heated machete to the suspect's legs, or dipping the suspect's hand into hot oil.]
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sasswood,
sassywood,
sassy bark,
ordeal tree,
saxefras,
sassafrass,
bitter bark,
sweetwood,
sapanwood,
sappanwood,
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