Fetid
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William Hupy
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Re: Fetid
I see this word and think of two botanical items.
1. Skunk cabbage (Symplocarus foetidus), which is one of the first plants to be observed growing in Spring, since it generates enough heat to melt snow.
2. Asafetida (Asafoetida), a staple spice of Indian cooking, but first encountered by me in a small grocery store catering to a Portuguese neighborhood in Providence, RI. The ground dried sap from the roots of Ferula asafoetida, it also has uses in traditional Indian medicine.
Both of these are characterized by a pungent aroma.
1. Skunk cabbage (Symplocarus foetidus), which is one of the first plants to be observed growing in Spring, since it generates enough heat to melt snow.
2. Asafetida (Asafoetida), a staple spice of Indian cooking, but first encountered by me in a small grocery store catering to a Portuguese neighborhood in Providence, RI. The ground dried sap from the roots of Ferula asafoetida, it also has uses in traditional Indian medicine.
Both of these are characterized by a pungent aroma.
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Slava
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Re: Fetid
Fascinating, I never knew either factlet. The skunk cabbage one is cool. Neat, that is, not less than warm, as it's actually above freezing. 
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