Meaning of SARSAPARILLA
| Pronunciation: | | `sârsupu'reelu
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- [n] carbonated drink flavored with an extract from sarsaparilla root or with birch oil and sassafras
- [n] any of various prickly climbing plants of the tropical American genus Smilax having aromatic roots and heart-shaped leaves
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| | See Also: | | genus Smilax, rough bindweed, sarsaparilla root, sarsaparilla root, Smilax, Smilax aspera, soft drink, vine | |
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| | Definition: | | \Sar`sa*pa*ril"la\, n. [Sp. zarzaparrilla; zarza a
bramble (perhaps fr. Bisc. zartzia) + parra a vine, or
Parillo, a physician said to have discovered it.] (Bot.)
(a) Any plant of several tropical American species of
{Smilax}.
(b) The bitter mucilaginous roots of such plants, used in
medicine and in sirups for soda, etc.
Note: The name is also applied to many other plants and their
roots, especially to the {Aralia nudicaulis}, the wild
sarsaparilla of the United States.
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