Sarsaparilla /(?)/

Sar·sa·pa·ril·la

Sarsaparilla

n.

[Sp. zarzaparrilla; zarza a bramble (perhaps fr. Bisc. zartzia) + parra a vine, or Parillo, a physician said to have discovered it.]

Any plant of several tropical American species of Smilax. (Bot.)

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