Answer: asafetida

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ASAFETIDASmelly gum resin from the Orient.
asafetidasoft, brown, lumpy gum resin having a bitter, acrid taste and an obnoxious odor, obtained from the roots of several Near Eastern plants belonging to the genus Ferula, of the parsley family: formerly used in medicine as a carminative and antispasmod
asafetidaan acrid gum resin with a strong smell like that of garlic, obtained from certain Asian plants also ASAFOETIDA, ASSAFETIDA, ASSAFOETIDA
asafetidaa soft, brown, lumpy gum resin having a bitter, acrid taste and an obnoxious odor.