Usually means: Tree used for ordeal poison.
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  1. sasswood: Merriam-Webster
  2. sasswood: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. sasswood: Collins English Dictionary
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  7. Sasswood: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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Definitions from Wiktionary (Sasswood)

noun:  Alternative 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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