Word: asafetida
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...taught Donald to bite walls and people, and to peek under doors. Gua's many teeth were blunt and so hurt less than Donald's few. Gua hated perfume and asafetida; Donald liked perfume. Both reacted similarly to sweet, salty and bitter substances. Gua, however, liked sour things. Gua was more ticklish than Donald, frequently tickled herself for pleasure. Gua was first to recognize herself in a mirror, first to show interest in the pictures in a book...
...operating room of the not-too-distant future while Columbia University's Professor Marston Taylor Bogert was explaining to them last week why synthetically perfumed anesthetics should be developed soon. Synthetic perfumes, said Professor Bogert, are steadily replacing natural scents. If vanilla perfume can be made from foul-smelling asafetida, why not a pleasant anesthetic...
...associates of Senator Walsh are very improper investigators of any moral question. Jim Reed is a political skunk, and if he were dusted with asafetida it would perfume...