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    WILD SARSAPARILLA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    Aralia nudicaulis; false sarsaparilla; wild sarsaparilla; wild sarsparilla

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

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

    Holonyms ("wild sarsaparilla" 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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