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Noun: false sarsaparilla
  1. Common perennial herb having aromatic roots used as a substitute for sarsaparilla; central and eastern North America
    "false sarsaparilla grows abundantly in the forest understory";
    - wild sarsaparilla, wild sarsparilla, Aralia nudicaulis

Derived forms: false sarsaparillas

Type of: subshrub, suffrutex

Part of: genus Aralia

Encyclopedia: False sarsaparilla