Sarsaparilla

Sarsaparilla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Liliales
Family:	Smilacaceae
Genus:	Smilax
Species:	S. regelii
Binomial name
	Smilax regelii; Killip & Morton
Synonyms
	Smilax ornata Hook.f.

Sarsaparilla (IPA: /ˌsæspəˈɹɪlə/) (Smilax regelii) is a perennial trailing vine with prickly stems; it is from tropical America and the West Indies. Its name (which is zarzaparrilla in Spanish) comes from the Spanish words zarza for "shrub" and parrilla for "little grape vine."^[1]

Notes

↑ "Sarsaparilla". Archived from the original on 2013-05-26. Retrieved 2008-12-07.

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[1] "Sarsaparilla". Archived from the original on 2013-05-26. Retrieved 2008-12-07.

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