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BRISTLY SARSPARILLA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Bristly herb of eastern and central North America having black fruit and medicinal bark
Synonyms:
Aralia hispida; bristly sarsaparilla; bristly sarsparilla; dwarf elder
Classified under:
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)