BRISTLY SARSPARILLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bristly sarsparilla mean? 

• BRISTLY SARSPARILLA (noun)
  The noun BRISTLY SARSPARILLA has 1 sense:

1. bristly herb of eastern and central North America having black fruit and medicinal bark

  Familiarity information: BRISTLY SARSPARILLA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRISTLY SARSPARILLA (noun)

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Meaning:

Bristly herb of eastern and central North America having black fruit and medicinal bark

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Aralia hispida; bristly sarsaparilla; bristly sarsparilla; dwarf elder

Hypernyms ("bristly sarsparilla" is a kind of...):

subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)

Holonyms ("bristly sarsparilla" is a member of...):

genus Aralia (type genus of Araliaceae; large widely distributed genus of shrubs and trees and vines: spikenard; Hercules'-club)