SARSAPARILLAS
Noun
sarsaparillas
plural of sarsaparilla
Source: Wiktionary
SARSAPARILLA
Sar`sa*pa*ril"la, n. Etym: [Sp. zarzaparrilla; zarza a bramble
(perhaps fr. Bisc. zartzia) + parra a vine, or Parillo, a physician
said to have discovered it.] (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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition