Re: sassafras tea (Re: Two countries separated by a common language)

>Isn't sassafras tea made from the root?  I haven't had any in about 40
>years, and I didn't make it myself even then, so I don't really remember.
Yes, the tea is made from the root, but the volatile oil is systemic, so
even brusing the leaves will release enough to smell.

>ObConlang:
>     Gladilatian for "sassafras tea" is:
>
>melykuzu frathxuk nxao wla vmo
>
>associated-with.random.shape containing.leaf made-from.tree dark water
>
>literally, "dark water made from a tree containing leaves having random
>shapes"
Good description. I'd add "fuzzy" or "furry" to the leaf dsecription.

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