1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ASAFETIDA (asa, Lat. form of Persian o*a = mastic, and fetidus, stinking, so called in distinction to asa dtdcis, which was a drug highly esteemed among the ancients as laser cyrenaicum, 7MASAF-UD-DOWLAH— ASBESTOS and it supposed to have been a gummy exudation from Thapsis garganica), a gum-resin obtained principally from the root of Ferula fetida, and probably also from one or two other closely allied species of umbelliferous plants. It is produced in eastern Persia and Afghanistan, Herat and Kandahar being centre…
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