false sarsaparilla

false sarsaparilla
noun
common perennial herb having aromatic roots used as a substitute for sarsaparilla; central and eastern North America
Hypernyms: ↑subshrub, ↑suffrutex
Member Holonyms: ↑genus Aralia

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noun
: any of several American plants of the genus Aralia: as

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