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Any of various prickly climbing plants of the tropical American genus Smilax having aromatic roots and heart-shaped leaves
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sarsaparilla
Word definitions for sarsaparilla in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Sarsaparilla is a soft drink , originally made from the Smilax regelii plant, but now sometimes made with artificial flavours.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, ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. any of various prickly climbing plants of the tropical American genus Smilax having aromatic roots and heart-shaped leaves carbonated drink flavored with an extract from sarsaparilla root or with birch oil and sassafras
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sarsaparilla \Sar`sa*pa*ril"la\, n. [Sp. zarzaparrilla; zarza a bramble (perhaps fr. Bisc. zartzia) + parra a vine, or Parillo, a physician said to have discovered it.] (Bot.) Any plant of several tropical American species of Smilax . The bitter mucilaginous ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 Any of various tropical (Central and South) American vines of the genus ''Smilax'', such as (taxlink Smilax regelii species noshow=1), which have fragrant roots. 2 The dried roots of these plants, or a flavoring material extracted from these roots. ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
tropical American plant, 1570s, from Spanish zarzaparrilla , from zarza "bramble" (from Arabic sharas "thorny plant" or Basque sartzia "bramble") + parrilla , diminutive of parra "vine," which is of unknown origin. Hence, also, "a medicinal preparation ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ I sat down at the counter and asked for the blue-plate special and a bottle of sarsaparilla . ▪ The gloomy cluttered shop always smelt of black spanish and hot blackcurrant juice and strong bitter-sweet sarsaparilla .
Usage examples of sarsaparilla.
I had taken every kind of medicine that was recommended for similar maladies, such as cod liver oil, sarsaparillas, iron tonic and syrup of hypophosphites, without any relief.
The products of the Japura are sarsaparilla, copaiba, rubber, cacao, farina, Brazil nuts, moira-piranga--a hard, fine-grained wood of a rich, cherry-red color--and carajuru, a brilliant scarlet dye.
But here were gums and wattles, and the undergrowth was Macrozamia and Chorizema and Wild Fuschia and Clematis and Sarsaparilla vine.
The Negro yields to commerce coffee, cacao, farina, sarsaparilla, Brazil nuts, pitch, piassaba, and valuable woods.
When this failed, he utilized a knowledge of Spanish-- casually picked up, like all his acquirements--and was next heard of at Veer Cruz, where he dealt in cochineal, indigo, sarsaparilla, and logwood.
James Johnson advises persons not ailing to take five grains of blue pill with one or two of aloes twice a week for three or four months in the year, with half a pint of compound decoction of sarsaparilla every day for the same period, to preserve health and prolong life.
My own immediate plans for the goose grease involved a salve of wild sarsaparilla and bittersweet for burns and abrasions, a364 Diana Gabaldonmentholated ointment for stuffy noses and chest congestion, and something soothing and pleasantly scented for diaper rash-perhaps a lavender infusion, with the juice of crushed jewelweed leaves.
Some indeed had come from commercial suppliers, but these seemed mostly to be the herbs Calder had talked of: hydrastis, comfrey, fo-ti-tieng, myrrh, sarsaparilla, licorice, passiflora, papaya, garlic.
Sarsaparilla apparently made its debut as a patent medicine, an easy-to-take form of sassafras, much as Cocoa-Cola was first marketed in 1885 as a remedy for hangovers and headaches.
Josie's boasted black cows, green rivers, sarsaparillas, and the thickest shakes for miles.
Josie’s boasted black cows, green rivers, sarsaparillas, and the thickest shakes for miles.
Set like an orange Easter egg amid the froth of wild sarsaparilla, her tent was pitched on the hardened site.