אָסָא III, (contr. of אדסא, v. הדס) myrtle. Targ. II, Esth. II, 7; a. e. R. Hash. 23ᵃ הדס א׳ hadas (Is. XLI, 19) is asa. Pes. 56ᵃ א׳ רדא׳ Ar., Ms. O. (ed. דרא) fresh (moist) myrtle. Ber. 9ᵇ דאמטיית א׳ וכ׳ you had to carry a myrtle-tree to the palace (when forced into public labor, v. אַנְגַרְיָא). Snh. 44ᵃ (prov.) א׳ דקאי ביני וכ׳ a myrtle between willows still is a myrtle by name, and people call it a myrtle.—Pl. אָסַיָּא. Targ. Esth. VIII, 15.—Nidd. 37ᵃ (Rashi, sing.)