Simplify the following text for a Grade 7 native English-speaking person.
Original: The name `` Sassafras , '' applied by the botanist Nicolas Monardes in the sixteenth century , is said to be a corruption of the Spanish word for saxifrage .
Simplified: `` Sassafras '' was named by the botanist Nicolas Monardes in the 16th century . It is said to be a corruption of the Spanish word for saxifrage .