FALSE SARSAPARILLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does false sarsaparilla mean? 

• FALSE SARSAPARILLA (noun)
  The noun FALSE SARSAPARILLA has 1 sense:

1. common perennial herb having aromatic roots used as a substitute for sarsaparilla; central and eastern North America

  Familiarity information: FALSE SARSAPARILLA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FALSE SARSAPARILLA (noun)

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Meaning:

Common perennial herb having aromatic roots used as a substitute for sarsaparilla; central and eastern North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Aralia nudicaulis; false sarsaparilla; wild sarsaparilla; wild sarsparilla

Hypernyms ("false sarsaparilla" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("false sarsaparilla" is a member of...):

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