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sarraceniales |
sarrasin |
sarrasine |
sars |
sarsa |
sarsaparilla
| sarsaparilla root
| sarsaparillin
| sarse
| sarsen
| sarsenet
sarsaparilla
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun sarsaparilla has 2 senses
- sarsaparilla(n = noun.plant) - any of various prickly climbing plants of the tropical American genus Smilax having aromatic roots and heart-shaped leaves; is a member of genus smilax, smilax
- sarsaparilla(n = noun.food) - carbonated drink flavored with an extract from sarsaparilla root or with birch oil and sassafras; is a kind of soft drink
has parts: sarsaparilla root
has particulars: rough bindweed, smilax aspera
is a kind of vine
CIDE DICTIONARY
sarsaparilla, n. [Sp. zarzaparrilla; zarza a bramble (perhaps fr. Bisc. zartzia) + parra a vine, or Parillo, a physician said to have discovered it.].
Any plant of several tropical American species of Smilax . [1913 Webster]
" The name is also applied to many other plants and their roots, especially to the Aralia nudicaulis , the wild sarsaparilla of the United States."
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
sarsaparilla, n.
1 a preparation of the dried roots of various plants, esp. smilax, used to flavour some drinks and medicines and formerly as a tonic.
2 any of the plants yielding this.
1 a preparation of the dried roots of various plants, esp. smilax, used to flavour some drinks and medicines and formerly as a tonic.
2 any of the plants yielding this.
Etymology
Sp. zarzaparilla f. zarza bramble, prob. + dimin. of parra vine
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