Herb. Also 7 assaraback, asarabecca. [f. L. asarum, a. Gr. ἄσαρον name of the same plant + bacca berry.] The plant Asarum Europæum, sometimes called Hazelwort, used formerly as a purgative and emetic, and still as an ingredient of cephalic snuff.
1551. Turner, Herbal, I. (1568), 48. Of Follfoote or Asarabacca.
1607. Topsell, Four-f. Beasts, 189. Goats … love … assaraback.
1621. Burton, Anat. Mel., II. iv. II. i. [Laurel] and asarabecca … are two known vomits.
1741. Compl. Fam.-Piece, I. i. 9. Such Things as cause Sneezing, as … the Leaves of Assarabacca powder’d.
1866. Treas. Bot., 98. Asarabacca … is said to be found wild in Westmoreland.
