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Definition of False sarsaparilla
1. Noun. Common perennial herb having aromatic roots used as a substitute for sarsaparilla; central and eastern North America.
Group relationships: Genus Aralia
Generic synonyms: Subshrub, Suffrutex
Lexicographical Neighbors of False Sarsaparilla
Literary usage of False sarsaparilla
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. King's American Dispensatory by John King (1909)
"This plant, sometimes known as American, Wild, or false sarsaparilla, is indigenous,
growing in moist woodlands, in the Northern and Middle States, ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1894)
"false sarsaparilla.—C. Hartwich describes a false sarsaparilla from Jamaica that
has recently made its appearance in Hamburg. It consisted of cylindrical ..."
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