Definition of Sarsaparilla root

1. Noun. Dried root of any of various plants of the genus Smilax used as a flavoring agent.

Substance meronyms: Sarsaparilla
Group relationships: Sarsaparilla
Generic synonyms: Root

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sarsaparilla Root

saroses
sarpanch
sarpe
sarplar
sarplars
sarpo
sarracenia
sarracenias
sarrasin
sarrasins
sarrazin
sarrazins
sarrusophone
sarrusophones
sarsaparilla
sarsaparilla root (current term)
sarsaparillas
sarsaparillin
sarsar
sarsars
sarsasapogenin
sarsden
sarsdens
sarse
sarsed
sarsen
sarsenet
sarsenets
sarsens
sarses

Literary usage of Sarsaparilla root

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Thirty Years' View: Or, A History of the Working of the American Government by Thomas Hart Benton (1858)
"This mystifies me ; and the nearest that I can come to a solution of the mystery is in the case of the two Dr. Town- sends and their sarsaparilla root. ..."

2. C.E. Hobbs' Botanical Hand-book: Of Common Local, English, Botanical and by Charles E. Hobbs (1876)
"... Black willow root, sarsaparilla root, Blood root, Europ'n sanicle root, ... Sea sedge root, Indian sarsaparilla, sarsaparilla root, Sassafras root, ..."

3. An Epitome of Therapeutics by John Wyeth & Brother, Wyeth Laboratories (1906)
"(3.75 to 7 50 cc) Each pint represents about sarsaparilla root 12 ounces Liquorice Root 2 ounces Sassafras Bark 1 £-5 ounces Mezereum Bark J-£ ounce Fluid ..."

4. Thirty Years' View: Or, A History of the Working of the American Government by Thomas Hart Benton (1858)
"This mystifies me ; and the nearest that I can come to a solution of the mystery is in the case of the two Dr. Town- sends and their sarsaparilla root. ..."

5. C.E. Hobbs' Botanical Hand-book: Of Common Local, English, Botanical and by Charles E. Hobbs (1876)
"... Black willow root, sarsaparilla root, Blood root, Europ'n sanicle root, ... Sea sedge root, Indian sarsaparilla, sarsaparilla root, Sassafras root, ..."

6. An Epitome of Therapeutics by John Wyeth & Brother, Wyeth Laboratories (1906)
"(3.75 to 7 50 cc) Each pint represents about sarsaparilla root 12 ounces Liquorice Root 2 ounces Sassafras Bark 1 £-5 ounces Mezereum Bark J-£ ounce Fluid ..."

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