Asarabacca \As`a*ra*bac"ca\, n. [L. asarum + bacca a berry. See {Asarone}.] (Bot.) An acrid herbaceous plant ({Asarum Europ[ae]um}), the leaves and roots of which are emetic and cathartic. It is principally used in cephalic snuffs.
asarabacca n : thick creeping evergreen herb of western Europe [syn: {Asarum europaeum}]