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sarsaparilla
/ˌsæspəˈɹɪlə/
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What does sarsaparilla mean?
noun
- Any of various tropical (Central and South) American vines of the genus Smilax, such as Smilax aspera, which have fragrant roots.
- Dried roots of these plants, or a flavoring material extracted from these roots.
- A beverage (soft drink) flavored with this root, such as root beer.
More meanings (2)
noun
- Any of several North American plants, of the genus Aralia, having umbels and small white flowers.
- An American vine of species Nephroia diversifolia.
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IPA pronunciation
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They all had to go, even little Stanislovas, who was ill from overindulgence in sausages and sarsaparilla.
The upper part of the river Teffé is not visited by the Ega people, on account of its extreme unhealthiness, and its barrenness in sarsaparilla and other wares.
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Charity did not think the wine as good as sarsaparilla, but she sipped a mouthful for the pleasure of doing what he did, and of fancying herself alone with him in foreign countries.
If the nations whence we fetch our guaiacum, sarsaparilla, and China wood, have physicians, how great a value must we imagine, by the same recommendation of strangeness, rarity, and dear purchase, do they set upon our cabbage and parsley?
This water and that of Gamboa are considered very salubrious, because they flow over the roots of sarsaparilla.* (* Throughout America water is supposed to share the properties of those plants under the shade of which it flows.