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Sassafras

The sassafras tree is native to the eastern United States. The dried leaves are ground to make filé, an ingredient used in gumbo, a traditional Creole dish from Louisiana in the southern US. They're also used to make sassafras tea. The bark of the sassafras tree is one of the ingredients used to flavour root beer.

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