Sarsaparilla
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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 and other closely related species of Smilax) is a perennial trailing vine with prickly stems; it is native to 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

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Usage

The primary uses of sarsaparilla include the flavouring of beverages, and folk medicine.

In popular culture

  • In The Smurfs comic strip, the Smurfs' preferred food is sarsaparilla leaves.
  • In a later scene in the motion picture The Big Lebowski, the unnamed narrator asks the bartender if he has a good sarsaparilla.

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