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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: sarsaparilla (0.00860 detik)
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: sarsaparilla
sarsaparilla
n 1: any of various prickly climbing plants of the tropical
American genus Smilax having aromatic roots and
heart-shaped leaves
2: carbonated drink flavored with an extract from sarsaparilla
root or with birch oil and sassafras
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Sarsaparilla
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.)
(a) Any plant of several tropical American species of
Smilax.
(b) The bitter mucilaginous roots of such plants, used in
medicine and in sirups for soda, etc.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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