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Asafoetida got its name by combining the Persian word aza, meaning mastic or resin, and the Latin foetidus, meaning stink. It is a Gum obtained from the sap of the roots and stem of the ferula species, a giant fennel that gives a vile odour.Asafoetida is a hard resinous gum, grayish-white when fresh, darkening with age to yellow, red and eventually brown. It is sold in blocks or pieces as gum and more frequently as a fine yellow powder, sometimes crystalline or granulated.