WILD SARSPARILLA

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Aralia nudicaulis; false sarsaparilla; wild sarsaparilla; wild sarsparilla

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Nouns denoting plants

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

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

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

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

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