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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 sar·sa·pa·ril·la /ˌsæspəˈrɪlə, ˌsɑrs, ˈrɛ; ˌsæsə, ˌsɑrsə-/
 熱帶美洲產植物

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 sar·sa·pa·ril·la /ˌsæs(ə)pəˈrɪlə, ˌsɑrs, ˈrɛl-/ 名詞
 洋菝契

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Sar·sa·pa·ril·la n.  Bot. (a) Any plant of several tropical American species of Smilax. (b) The bitter mucilaginous roots of such plants, used in medicine and in sirups for soda, etc.
 Note: ☞ The name is also applied to many other plants and their roots, especially to the Aralia nudicaulis, the wild sarsaparilla of the United States.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 sarsaparilla
      n 1: any of various prickly climbing plants of the tropical
           American genus Smilax having aromatic roots and
           heart-shaped leaves
      2: carbonated drink flavored with an extract from sarsaparilla
         root or with birch oil and sassafras