1) Asafetida 2) Gum resin used medically 3) Has strong taste and odor 4) Indian food term 5) Indian spice 6) Natural resin 1) Asafetida 2) Heeng 
Asafoetida or asafetida (Ferula assa-foetida) ə is the dried latex (gum oleoresin) exuded from the rhizome or tap root of several species of Ferula, a perennial herb that grows 1 to 1.5 m tall. The species is native to the deserts of Iran, mountains of Afghanistan, and is mainly cultivated in nearby India. As its name suggests, asafoetida has a f...
• (n.) The fetid gum resin or inspissated juice of a large umbelliferous plant (Ferula asafoetida) of Persia and the East Indies. It is used in medicine as an antispasmodic.
Derived from a plant resin and used mainly as an anti flatulent in dishes with beans and lentils..
A spice used in India and the Middle East for cooking or as a condiment to be sprinkled over food after it has been cooked. It has a bitter taste and a pungent aroma similar to garlic and truffles.
Indian food terms > Asafoetida 
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