SARSAPARILLA


Meaning of SARSAPARILLA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌsas-pə-ˈri-lə, ˌsärs-, -ˈre-; ˌsa-sə-, ˌsär-sə- ]

noun

Etymology: Spanish zarzaparrilla, from zarza bush + parrilla, diminutive of parra vine

Date: 1577

1.

a. : any of various tropical American greenbriers

b. : the dried roots of a sarsaparilla used especially as a flavoring

2. : any of various plants (as wild sarsaparilla) that resemble or are used as a substitute for sarsaparilla

3. : a sweetened carbonated beverage flavored with sassafras and oil distilled from a European birch

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.