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Sarsaparilla
Pronunciation : Sar`sa*pa*ril"la
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [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, use
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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