| NOUN | plant | sarsaparilla | any of various prickly climbing plants of the tropical American genus Smilax having aromatic roots and heart-shaped leaves |
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| food | sarsaparilla | carbonated drink flavored with an extract from sarsaparilla root or with birch oil and sassafras |
| Meaning | Any of various prickly climbing plants of the tropical American genus Smilax having aromatic roots and heart-shaped leaves. | |
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| Member of | Smilax, genus Smilax | sometimes placed in Smilacaceae |
| Parts | sarsaparilla root | dried root of any of various plants of the genus Smilax used as a flavoring agent |
| Narrower | rough bindweed, Smilax aspera | Creeping or climbing evergreen having spiny zigzag stems with shiny leaves and racemes of pale-green flowers |
| Broader | vine | A plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface |
| Spanish | zarzaparrilla | |
| Meaning | carbonated drink flavored with an extract from sarsaparilla root or with birch oil and sassafras. | |
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| Broader | soft drink | nonalcoholic beverage (usually carbonated) |
| Substances | sarsaparilla root | dried root of any of various plants of the genus Smilax used as a flavoring agent |
| Spanish | zarzaparrilla | |
| Catalan | sarsaparrella | |
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