From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsarsaparillasarsa‧pa‧ril‧la /ˌsɑːspəˈrɪlə $ ˌsæs-/ noun [uncountable] DFDa sweet drink without alcohol, made from the root of the sassafras plant
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sarsaparilla• I sat down at the counter and asked for the blue-plate special and a bottle of sarsaparilla.• The gloomy cluttered shop always smelt of black spanish and hot blackcurrant juice and strong bitter-sweet sarsaparilla.Origin sarsaparilla (1500-1600) Spanish zarzaparrilla, from zarza “bush” + parrilla “small vine” 