名詞 asafetida:

1. the brownish gum resin of various plants; has strong taste and odor; formerly used as an antispasmodic
   同義詞：asafoetida

asafetida 也作 as.a.foet.i.da

n.（名詞）
A brownish, bitter, foul-smelling resinous material obtained from the roots of several plants of the genusFerula in the parsley family and formerly used in medicine.
阿魏膠：一種褐色、味苦、氣味難聞的樹脂物質(zhì)，取自傘形科阿魏 屬的幾種植物的根，從前用以入藥

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Medieval Latin
源自 中世紀拉丁語
asa [gum] from Persian az3 [mastic]
asa [樹脂] 源自 波斯語 az3 [乳香]
Latin fetida [feminine of] fetidus [stinking] * see fetid
拉丁語 fetida [] fetidus的陰性詞 [臭的] *參見 fetid