1) Beverage
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1) Carbonated drink 2) Now-rare drink flavor 3) Vine
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[soft drink] Sarsaparilla is a soft drink, originally made from the Smilax regelii plant, but now sometimes made with artificial flavours. Sarsaparilla was popular in the United States in the 19th century. According to advertisements for patent medicines of the period, it was considered to be a remedy for skin and blood problems. Ruth Tobia...
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• (n.) Any plant of several tropical American species of Smilax. • (n.) The bitter mucilaginous roots of such plants, used in medicine and in sirups for soda, etc.
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aromatic flavouring agent made from the roots of several tropical vines belonging to the Smilax genus of the lily family (Liliaceae). Once a popular ...
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<botany> Any plant of several tropical American species of Smilax. ... The bitter mucilaginous roots of such plants, used in medicine and in sirups for soda, etc. ... The name is also applied to many other plants and their roots, especially to the Aralia nudicaulis, the wild sarsaparilla of the United States. ... Origin: Sp. Zarzaparrilla; za...
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Sar`sa·pa·ril'la noun [ Spanish
zarzaparrilla ;
zarza a bramble (perhaps from Bisc.
zartzia ) +
parra a vine, or
Parillo , a physician said to have discovered it.]
(Botany) (a) Any plant of several tropical American species of
Smilax .
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Type: Term Pronunciation: sar′sā-pă-ril′ă Definitions: 1. The dried root of Smilax aristolochiaefolia (Mexican sarsaparilla), S. regelii (Honduras sarsaparilla), S. febrifuga (Ecuadorian sarsaparilla), or of undetermined species of Smilax (family Liliaceae), a thorny vine widely distributed throughout the tropic and semit...
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Sarsaparilla is the roots of certain evergreen shrubs of the genus Smilax. An extract of the roots was formerly used in medicine.
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Sarsaparilla is a drug prepared from the dried roots of several plants of the genus Smilax, which grows in Mexico, Central and South America. Today the term is also a slang expression for Jamaican Cannabis.
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[
n] - any of various prickly climbing plants of the tropical American genus Smilax having aromatic roots and heart-shaped leaves 2. [n] - carbonated drink flavored with an extract from sarsaparilla root or with birch oil and sassafras
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noun carbonated drink flavored with an extract from sarsaparilla root or with birch oil and sassafras
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This flavor was originally derived from the dried roots of tropical smilax vines. Today, products featuring sarsaparilla use artificial flavors.
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