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sarsaparilla

DEFINITIONS OF: sarsaparilla

1

n any of various prickly climbing plants of the tropical American genus Smilax having aromatic roots and heart-shaped leaves

Types:
Smilax aspera, rough bindweed
creeping or climbing evergreen having spiny zigzag stems with shiny leaves and racemes of pale-green flowers; Canary Islands to southern Europe and Ethiopia and India
Type of:
vine
a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface

n carbonated drink flavored with an extract from sarsaparilla root or with birch oil and sassafras

Type of:
soft drink
nonalcoholic beverage (usually carbonated)
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