ʿIsām Sartāwī was a Palestinian nationalist who, as one of the moderate leaders in the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), attracted much hostility from Palestinian extremists because he advocated coexistence with Israel. Trained as a medical doctor in Baghdad, Iraq, Sartāwī was conducting

Pays de la Loire: …the western départements of Mayenne, Sarthe, Maine-et-Loire, Vendée, and Loire-Atlantique. Pays de la Loire is bounded by the régions of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté to the northwest, Normandy to the north, Centre to the east, and Nouvelle-Aquitaine to the south. The Bay of Biscay

Sarthe River, river, rising in the Perche hills north of Mortagne-au-Perche, Orne département, northwestern France. The Sarthe flows alternately west and south to a point near Angers, where it joins the Loire and Mayenne rivers to form the Maine, a tributary of the Loire. The Sarthe, flowing south

Giuseppe Sarti was an Italian conductor and composer of liturgical music and more than 50 operas. After studying organ and composition at an early age with Giovanni Battista Martini in Bologna, Sarti became organist of the Faenza cathedral (1748) and director of the theatre there. His first opera,

Andrea del Sarto was an Italian painter and draftsman whose works of exquisite composition and craftsmanship were instrumental in the development of Florentine Mannerism. His most striking among other well-known works is the series of frescoes on the life of St. John the Baptist in the Chiostro

St. Pius X ; canonized May 29, 1954; feast day August 21) was an Italian pope from 1903 to 1914, whose staunch political and religious conservatism dominated the early 20th-century Roman Catholic Church. Ordained in 1858, he became a parish priest in the Italian region of Venetia. Pope Leo XIII

May Sarton was an American poet, novelist, and essayist whose works were informed by themes of love, mind-body conflict, creativity, lesbianism, and the trials of age and illness. Sarton’s family immigrated to Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1916. She saw her first work in print in Poetry magazine in

George Alfred Leon Sarton was a Belgian-born U.S. scholar and writer whose voluminous research and publications concerning the history of science did much to make the subject an independent discipline. A student of chemistry, celestial mechanics, and mathematics at the University of Ghent (Ph.D.

May Sarton was an American poet, novelist, and essayist whose works were informed by themes of love, mind-body conflict, creativity, lesbianism, and the trials of age and illness. Sarton’s family immigrated to Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1916. She saw her first work in print in Poetry magazine in

Sartor Resartus, humorous essay by Thomas Carlyle, ostensibly a learned treatise on the philosophy, the symbolism, and the influence of clothes, published serially in Fraser’s Magazine (November 1833–August 1834). Subtitled The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh (“Mr. Devil’s Dung”), Sartor

Johann Agricola was a Lutheran Reformer, friend of Martin Luther, and advocate of antinomianism, a view asserting that Christians are freed by grace from the need to obey the Ten Commandments. At Wittenberg, Agricola was persuaded by Luther to change his course of study from medicine to theology.

Sartoris, novel by William Faulkner, published in 1929 as a shortened version of a novel that was eventually published in its entirety in 1973 under the original title Flags in the Dust. Disproportionate and sometimes emotionally overwrought, Faulkner’s third novel was the last of his apprentice

sartorius muscle, (from the Latin sartor, “mender”), long, narrow, ribbonlike thigh muscle beginning at the front of the crest of the pelvic girdle, extending obliquely down the front and side of the thigh, and inserted at (attached to) the inner and upper portion of the tibia (shinbone). It

Anna Sartorius Uhl Ottendorfer was a publisher and philanthropist who helped establish a major German-American newspaper and contributed liberally to German-American institutions. Anna Sartorius received a scanty education. About 1836 she immigrated to the United States and settled in New York

Jean-Paul Sartre was a French philosopher, novelist, and playwright, best known as the leading exponent of existentialism in the 20th century. In 1964 he declined the Nobel Prize for Literature, which had been awarded to him “for his work which, rich in ideas and filled with the spirit of freedom

Sarudahiko, in Japanese mythology, an earthly deity who offered himself as a guide to the divine grandchild Ninigi, when he descended to take charge of the earth. His brilliance while he waited on the crossroad was so great it reached up to heaven, and the goddess Amenouzume was sent down to

Sarudahiko, in Japanese mythology, an earthly deity who offered himself as a guide to the divine grandchild Ninigi, when he descended to take charge of the earth. His brilliance while he waited on the crossroad was so great it reached up to heaven, and the goddess Amenouzume was sent down to

sarugaku, form of popular Japanese entertainment dating from at least the 11th century, which reached its high point by the 14th century. Originally, sarugaku involved mainly acrobatics, juggling, and mime. During the Heian period (794–1185) it was combined with drum dancing. Sarugaku helped give

Noh theatre, traditional Japanese theatrical form and one of the oldest extant theatrical forms in the world. Noh—its name derived from nō, meaning “talent” or “skill”—is unlike Western narrative drama. Rather than being actors or “representers” in the Western sense, Noh performers are simply

Saruhan Dynasty: The dynasty was founded by Saruhan, a tribal chief and frontier prince in the service of the Seljuqs of Anatolia who traced his descent to the Khwārezm-Shāhs of Central Asia; after its conquest of Manisa (1313), the dynasty’s principality extended its territories to the Aegean Sea. Surrounded by the Turkmen…

Saruhan Dynasty, Turkmen dynasty (c. 1300–1410) that ruled in the Manisa region of western Anatolia. The dynasty was founded by Saruhan, a tribal chief and frontier prince in the service of the Seljuqs of Anatolia who traced his descent to the Khwārezm-Shāhs of Central Asia; after its conquest of

Damascus: Islamic city: A new northern quarter, Sūq Sārūja, emerged as a market area around the citadel. Owing to its proximity to the citadel, this area became the Mamluks’ choice residential quarter in the 15th century.

Sarūk carpet, originally, floor covering handwoven in the village of Sārūq, north of Arāk (Solṭānābād) in western Iran; later, floor covering commercially produced mainly in Arāk but also in the weaving villages nearby for the U.S. market. The early carpets were of very good quality, with short

Sarum chant, liturgical chant of the Sarum Use, the medieval church rite centred at Salisbury, Eng. The name derives from the Latin name for Salisbury, Sarisberia. Gregorian chant was carried to England in 596 by Roman teachers who accompanied St. Augustine to Canterbury. A centre was established

church year: Advent: …medieval service books, notably the Use of Sarum (Salisbury), extensively followed in England, with its Sunday before Advent. The coming of Christ in his Nativity was overlaid with a second theme, also stemming from Gallican churches, namely, his Second Coming at the end of time. This interweaving of the themes…

Aristolochiaceae: The related genus Saruma contains a single species, upright wild ginger (S. henryi), which is sometimes cultivated as an ornamental.

Menahem ben Saruq was a Jewish lexicographer and poet who composed the first Hebrew-language dictionary, a lexicon of the Bible; earlier biblical dictionaries were written in Arabic and translated into Hebrew. After travelling to Córdoba, a city in Moorish Spain, Menahem became a protégé of Isaac,

India: Birds: …birds in India include the Indian crane, commonly known as the sarus (Grus antigone); a large gray bird with crimson legs, the sarus stands as tall as a human. Bustards inhabit India’s grasslands. The great Indian bustard (Ardeotis nigriceps), now confined to central and western India, is an endangered species…

Sarudahiko, in Japanese mythology, an earthly deity who offered himself as a guide to the divine grandchild Ninigi, when he descended to take charge of the earth. His brilliance while he waited on the crossroad was so great it reached up to heaven, and the goddess Amenouzume was sent down to

India: Earliest settlements in eastern India: Excavations at one site, Sarutaru, near the city of Guwahati, revealed stone axes and shouldered celts (one of the distinctive tool types of the Neolithic) in association with cord- or basket-marked pottery.

Saruwaged Range, mountain range on the Huon Peninsula, northeastern New Guinea, Papua New Guinea. The range, rising to 13,520 feet (4,121 metres) at Mount Bangeta, lies on the northern edge of the great Central Depression. Streams flowing from its southern flanks course south to feed the Markham

India: The Deccan: …the Vakatakas was established by Sarvasena in Vatsagulma (Basim, in Akola district), and the northern line helped the southern to conquer Kuntala (southern Maharashtra). The domination of the northern Deccan by the main Vakataka line during this period is clearly established by the matrimonial alliances not only with the Guptas…

Sarvastivada, a school of early Buddhism. A fundamental concept in Buddhist metaphysics is the assumption of the existence of dharmas, cosmic factors and events that combine momentarily under the influence of a person’s past deeds to form a person’s life flux, which he considers his personality and

Sarvastivada, a school of early Buddhism. A fundamental concept in Buddhist metaphysics is the assumption of the existence of dharmas, cosmic factors and events that combine momentarily under the influence of a person’s past deeds to form a person’s life flux, which he considers his personality and

Tattvasamgraha Tantra, tantra of Chen-yen Buddhism. During the 7th, 8th, and 9th centuries the Vajrayāna forms of Esoteric Buddhism that were developing in India spread to Southeast Asia and to East Asia. In East Asia Esoteric Buddhism became established in the Chen-yen (“True Word”) school in

Buddhism: Sri Lanka: These groups include the important Sarvodaya community, which was founded by A.T. Ariyaratne. This group has established religious, economic, and social development programs that have had a significant impact on Sinhalese village life.

San, an indigenous people of southern Africa, related to the Khoekhoe (Khoikhoi). They live chiefly in Botswana, Namibia, and southeastern Angola. Bushmen is an Anglicization of boesman, the Dutch and Afrikaner name for them; saan (plural) or saa (singular) is the Nama word for “bush dweller(s),”

Egypt: The interwar period: …succeeded by another Liberal Constitutionalist, ʿAbd al-Khāliq Tharwat (Sarwat) Pasha, who negotiated a draft treaty with the British foreign secretary. The draft treaty, however, failed to win the approval of the Wafd. Tharwat resigned in March 1928, and Muṣṭafā al-Naḥḥās Pasha, Zaghloul’s successor as head of the Wafd, became prime…

Kazakh Uplands, hilly upland in central and eastern Kazakhstan, occupying about one-fifth of the republic. It is a peneplain, the mountainous Paleozoic foundation of which had already been worn down into an undulating plain by the beginning of the Mesozoic Era, beginning about 250 million years

Tien Shan: Physiography: …the mountains increases in the Sary-Jaz (Saryzhaz) Mountains in the central Tien Shan, which lies to the east of the Ak-Shyyrak (Akshiyrak) Range. The separate ranges gradually converge, forming the high-elevation mountain knot already mentioned, which includes Khan Tängiri Peak and Victory Peak.

Martiros Saryan was a major Armenian painter of landscapes, still lifes, and portraits. Saryan received training in painting at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture (1897–1903) and then worked in the studios of the noted painters Konstantin Korovin and Valentin Serov. Soon

Martiros Saryan was a major Armenian painter of landscapes, still lifes, and portraits. Saryan received training in painting at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture (1897–1903) and then worked in the studios of the noted painters Konstantin Korovin and Valentin Serov. Soon

Kazakh Uplands, hilly upland in central and eastern Kazakhstan, occupying about one-fifth of the republic. It is a peneplain, the mountainous Paleozoic foundation of which had already been worn down into an undulating plain by the beginning of the Mesozoic Era, beginning about 250 million years

Kyrgyzstan: Russian and Soviet rule: …Tien Shan Kyrgyz tribes, the Sarybagysh and the Bugu, engaged in a fratricidal war in which both sides alternately sought and obtained Kokandian or Russian help. In 1855 the Bugu voluntarily submitted to the Russians, and it was at their request that the Russians built the fort of Aksu in…

Volga River: Study and exploration: …pioneer Russian navigators, Makeyev and Gavril Andreyevich Sarychev, surveyed the stretch between Tver and Nizhny Novgorod in 1782–83; in 1809–17 and 1829 the Maritime Bureau surveyed the delta and measured its depth; and from 1875 to 1894 the river was investigated from the Rybinsk to the Volga mouth. Investigations of…

Turkmenistan: Turkmen tribes and Russian invasion: Tekkes, Ersaris, and Saryks, who began to move out of the desert into the oases of Khorezm and to the Atrek, Tejen, and Morghāb rivers and to adopt a settled way of life. There was bitter rivalry among the tribes, particularly between the Tekke and Yomut, while the…

Karakum Desert: Physiography: …on the north by the Sarykamysh Basin, on the northeast and east by the Amu Darya (ancient Oxus River) valley, and on the southeast by the Garabil uplands and Badkhyz steppe region. In the south and southwest the desert runs along the foot of the Kopet-Dag Mountains, and in the…

Sarykol Range, mountain range on the border of the Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous oblast (province) of Tajikistan and the People’s Republic of China. Lying in the eastern Pamirs parallel to the Kashgar (or Mustagh-Ata) Range to the east, it extends for 215 mi (350 km) from the valley of the Markansu

Lake Balkhash: …into the lake is the Sarymsek Peninsula, which divides Balkhash into two separate hydrologic parts: a western part, wide and shallow, and an eastern part, narrow and relatively deep. Accordingly, the width of the lake changes from 46 to 17 miles (74 to 27 km) in the western part and…

Tien Shan: Physiography: …the mountains increases in the Sary-Jaz (Saryzhaz) Mountains in the central Tien Shan, which lies to the east of the Ak-Shyyrak (Akshiyrak) Range. The separate ranges gradually converge, forming the high-elevation mountain knot already mentioned, which includes Khan Tängiri Peak and Victory Peak.

Sarzana, town, Liguria region, northern Italy, on the fertile plain of the Magra River, just east of La Spezia. Mentioned as a fortress in 963 and as a town in 1084, it is believed to have been founded by fugitives from the abandoned town of Luni near the Etruscan Luna, the episcopal see of which

Ernest de Sarzec was a French archaeologist whose excavation of the mound of Tello (ancient Girsu, Arabic Tall Lūḥ), in present-day southern Iraq, uncovered the Sumerian capital of Lagash and revealed much of what is known about the art, language, and history of the most ancient of Mesopotamian

Ernest de Sarzec was a French archaeologist whose excavation of the mound of Tello (ancient Girsu, Arabic Tall Lūḥ), in present-day southern Iraq, uncovered the Sumerian capital of Lagash and revealed much of what is known about the art, language, and history of the most ancient of Mesopotamian

Scandinavian Airlines System, major international air travel company, formed by three national Scandinavian air carriers. Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) was established in 1946 through a consortium agreement between three Scandinavian airlines—Det Danske Luftfartselskab, a Danish airline; Den

Special Air Service (SAS), elite British military force organized and trained for special operations, surveillance, and counterterrorism. The SAS is part of the United Kingdom Special Forces (UKSF), which also includes the Special Boat Service, the Special Reconnaissance Regiment, the Special

Special Air Service Regiment (SASR), Australian special forces unit that exists within Australia’s Special Operations Command. The unit was formed in July 1957 as the 1st Special Air Service Company, Royal Australian Infantry, and it was modeled on the British Special Air Service. Its first

side-angle-side theorem, in Euclidean geometry, theorem stating that if two corresponding sides in two triangles are of the same length, and the angles between these sides (the included angles) in those two triangles are also equal in measure, then the two triangles are congruent (having the same

temperate forest: Flora: …trees a dense layer of dwarf bamboo (Sasa) commonly grows; it may be so thick that it prevents the canopy trees from regenerating from seedlings. Thus, rapid, dense regrowth by dwarf bamboo may seriously interfere with reforestation after logging. Many small flowering herbs such as Aconitum, Shortia, Mitchella, and Viola…

El Anatsui: Bottle caps: …of Anatsui’s early metal works, Sasa (Manteau) (2004), reveals the spontaneity of this operation. One band of the sculpture, made from rectangular gold pieces, transforms into a hodgepodge of circular metal pieces resembling coins and a network of copper wire dotted with metal pieces.

Sasak, largest ethnic group on Lombok, one of the Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia. They constitute most of the island’s population and numbered about 2.6 million at the turn of the 21st century. The Sasak speak Sasak or Sasak-flavoured Balinese, both of which are Austronesian languages.

Miyamoto Musashi: …1612, against his arch rival Sasaki Kojirō, a swordsman whose skill was reported to be equal to his own. The contest took place on a small island off the coast of Japan. While being rowed out to the dueling site, Musashi fashioned a wooden sword out of an oar. When…

The Makioka Sisters, novel by Tanizaki Jun’ichirō, originally published as Sasameyuki (“A Light Snowfall”). The work is often considered to be Tanizaki’s masterpiece. Serialization of the novel began in 1943 but was suspended by the military government; publication of the complete work was delayed

The Makioka Sisters, novel by Tanizaki Jun’ichirō, originally published as Sasameyuki (“A Light Snowfall”). The work is often considered to be Tanizaki’s masterpiece. Serialization of the novel began in 1943 but was suspended by the military government; publication of the complete work was delayed

Sāsān was the eponymous ancestor of the Sāsānian dynasty in ancient Persia. Details of his life vary, but most scholars believe he was originally a prince in the province of Persis and a vassal of Gochihr, the chief petty king in Persis. His son or descendant was Bābak, who was the father of

Sasanian dynasty, ancient Iranian dynasty that ruled an empire (224–651 ce), rising through Ardashīr I’s conquests in 208–224 ce and destroyed by the Arabs during the years 637–651. The dynasty was named after Sāsān, an ancestor of Ardashīr. Under the leadership of Ardashīr (reigned as “king of

Sasanian dynasty, ancient Iranian dynasty that ruled an empire (224–651 ce), rising through Ardashīr I’s conquests in 208–224 ce and destroyed by the Arabs during the years 637–651. The dynasty was named after Sāsān, an ancestor of Ardashīr. Under the leadership of Ardashīr (reigned as “king of

Harsha: …Kamarupa and warred against King Shashanka of Gauda, his brother’s assassin. At first he did not assume the title of king but merely acted as a regent; after making his position secure, however, he declared himself sovereign ruler of Kannauj (in Uttar Pradesh state) and formally transferred his capital to…

Sasaram, city, southwestern Bihar state, northeastern India. It is situated about 10 miles (16 km) west of Dehri. Located at a major road and rail junction, Sasaram is an agricultural trade centre. Carpet and pottery manufacture are important. The red sandstone mausoleum of the emperor Shēr Shah of

Saschiz, village and commune, Mureș județ (county), central Romania. The villages of Saschiz, Mihai Viteazu, and Cloașterf make up the larger commune of Saschiz. Located in the old region of Transylvania, it lies about 12 miles (20 km) east of Sighișoara. First documented in the 14th century,

Sasebo, city, Nagasaki ken (prefecture), Kyushu, Japan, near the mouth of Ōmura-wan (Ōmura Bay). Originally a small village on a good natural harbour, it expanded rapidly in the late 19th century as a naval base. The town was partially destroyed during World War II but later revived as a base for

sashimi, specialty of Japanese cuisine, fresh fish served raw. The fish, which must be utterly fresh, is sliced paper thin or alternately one-quarter to one-half inch (0.75–1.5 cm) thick, cubed, or cut in strips, according to the nature of the fish. The sashimi is accompanied by wasabi (green paste

Saskatchewan, province of Canada, one of the Prairie Provinces. It is one of only two Canadian provinces without a saltwater coast, and it is the only province whose boundaries are all wholly artificial (i.e., not formed by natural features). It lies between the 49th and 60th parallels of latitude,

Columbia Icefield: General description: The Athabasca and Saskatchewan glaciers are the two main outlet ice tongues on the north and east.

Canada: The interior plains: …rises in two steps: the Saskatchewan plain, which ranges from 1,500 to 2,100 feet (450 to 650 metres), and the Alberta plain, which is more than 2,500 feet (750 metres). These plains are rolling landscapes of glacial deposits laid over almost horizontal bedrock. In some areas the undulating plains are…

Saskatchewan River, largest river system of the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada, rising in the Canadian Rockies of western Alberta in two great headstreams, the North and South Saskatchewan rivers (800 miles [1,287 km] and 865 miles [1,392 km] long, respectively); these cross the

Canadian Football League: Calgary Stampeders, Edmonton Elks, Saskatchewan Roughriders, and Winnipeg Blue Bombers. In the East Division are the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Ottawa Redblacks, Montreal Alouettes, and Toronto Argonauts.

Canadian provincial flag consisting of horizontal stripes of green and gold with the provincial coat of arms in the upper hoist corner and a large red lily at the fly end.In anticipation of the 60th anniversary of the province, the government organized a competition for a distinctive flag,

University of Saskatchewan, Canadian public university in Saskatoon, founded in 1907. It has colleges of arts and sciences, graduate studies, agriculture, veterinary medicine, engineering, law, medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, commerce, education, and physical

Saskatoon, city, south-central Saskatchewan, Canada, on the South Saskatchewan River. It was founded in 1883 as the proposed capital of a temperance colony, and its name was derived from Mis-sask-quah-toomina, a Cree word for a local edible red berry. Following the arrival of the railroad from

Ethel Catherwood: Saskatoon Lily: Ethel Catherwood was not only a successful athlete at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam. She also proved to be one of the more interesting personalities of that historic competition. The Amsterdam Games were the first in which women were allowed to compete in the…

serviceberry: Common species: …Amelanchier include the juneberry, or Saskatoon serviceberry (A. alnifolia), a shrub that grows up to about 3 metres (10 feet); the Canadian, or shadblow, serviceberry (A. canadensis), which reaches up to about 8 metres (26 feet); and the Allegheny serviceberry (A. laevis), which is similar to A. canadensis but is…

Steve Biko: …1968 he cofounded the all-Black South African Students’ Organization (SASO), and he became its first president the following year. SASO was based on the philosophy of Black consciousness, which encouraged Blacks to recognize their inherent dignity and self-worth. In the 1970s the Black Consciousness Movement spread from university campuses into…

South Africa: The National Party and apartheid: South African Coal, Oil, and Gas Corporation (SASOL) was established in 1950 to make South Africa self-sufficient in petroleum resources by converting coal to gasoline and diesel fuel. After the United Nations (UN) placed a ban on arms exports to South Africa in 1964, Armaments…

coal utilization: The Fischer-Tropsch process: …1950s in South Africa (the SASOL process) and now supplies as much as one-third of that country’s liquid fuels.

Korean literature: Poetry: …dynasty, a longer form called sasŏl sijo (“narrative sijo”) evolved. The writers of this form were mainly common people; hence, the subject matter included more down-to-earth topics such as trade and corruption as well as the traditional topic of love. In addition, sasŏl sijo frequently employed slang, vulgar language, and…

Sasolburg, town, northern Free State province, South Africa, south of Johannesburg. Established in 1954, it was built by Sasol Ltd. (the former South African Coal, Oil, and Gas Corporation Ltd.) to house employees at the world’s first oil-from-coal plant producing commercial quantities of oil. The

Ingmar Bergman: Life: His trilogy of films, Through a Glass Darkly, Winter Light, and The Silence, dealing with the borderline between sanity and madness and that between human contact and total withdrawal, was regarded by many as his crowning achievement. Through a Glass Darkly won an Academy Award for best foreign film.

Sasquatch, a large, hairy, humanlike creature believed by some people to exist in the northwestern United States and western Canada. It seems to represent the North American counterpart of the Himalayan region’s mythical monster, the Abominable Snowman, or Yeti. The name “Sasquatch” derives from

Special Air Service Regiment (SASR), Australian special forces unit that exists within Australia’s Special Operations Command. The unit was formed in July 1957 as the 1st Special Air Service Company, Royal Australian Infantry, and it was modeled on the British Special Air Service. Its first

John Hanning Speke: …Nile explorers Samuel Baker and Florence von Sass (who later became Baker’s wife). Speke and Grant told them of another lake said to lie west of Lake Victoria. This information helped the Baker party to locate another Nile source, Lake Albert.

topi, (Damaliscus lunatus), one of Africa’s most common and most widespread antelopes. It is a member of the tribe Alcelaphini (family Bovidae), which also includes the blesbok, hartebeest, and wildebeest. Damaliscus lunatus is known as the topi in East Africa and as the sassaby or tsessebe in

Pequot: …ruled by the Pequot chief Sassacus until a rebellion of the subchief Uncas resulted in Mohegan independence. For a period from 1620 onward the Pequot and British settlers lived side by side in mutual helpfulness and peaceful trade. Gradually, however, Pequot resentment swelled as increasing numbers of colonists encroached upon…

sassafras, (Sassafras albidum), North American tree of the laurel family (Lauraceae), the aromatic leaf, bark, and root of which are used as a flavoring, as a traditional home medicine, and as a tea. The tree is native to sandy soils from Maine to Ontario and Iowa and south to Florida and Texas.

Laurales: Distribution and abundance: Sassafras, one of the few economically important genera of the family, has two species in eastern Asia and one in eastern North America; oil of sassafras was once used medicinally, and Amerindians made a tea from the bark and twigs. The family is of great…

sassafras, (Sassafras albidum), North American tree of the laurel family (Lauraceae), the aromatic leaf, bark, and root of which are used as a flavoring, as a traditional home medicine, and as a tea. The tree is native to sandy soils from Maine to Ontario and Iowa and south to Florida and Texas.

Sassafras Mountain, highest point in South Carolina, U.S., at 3,560 feet (1,085 meters). It lies in the Blue Ridge (a segment of the Appalachian Mountains) about 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Greenville, in Pickens county, on the North Carolina border. Among the streams rising on its flanks is the

sassafras, (Sassafras albidum), North American tree of the laurel family (Lauraceae), the aromatic leaf, bark, and root of which are used as a flavoring, as a traditional home medicine, and as a tea. The tree is native to sandy soils from Maine to Ontario and Iowa and south to Florida and Texas.

Sassafras Mountain, highest point in South Carolina, U.S., at 3,560 feet (1,085 meters). It lies in the Blue Ridge (a segment of the Appalachian Mountains) about 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Greenville, in Pickens county, on the North Carolina border. Among the streams rising on its flanks is the

Laurales: Lauraceae: Oil of sassafras, as much as 80 percent composed of the compound safrole, was previously distilled in large quantities from the bark enclosing the roots of Sassafras albidum (also called S. officinale), a plant native to Canada and the United States. This oil once served…

Ntozake Shange: She also published the novels Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo (1982), about the diverging lives of three sisters and their mother; the semiautobiographical Betsey Brown (1985); and Liliane: Resurrection of the Daughter (1994), a coming-of-age story about a wealthy Black woman in the American South. In addition, Shange wrote a number…