Sar`sa*pa*ril"la (?), n. [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.
The name is also applied to many other plants and their roots,
especially to the Aralia nudicaulis, the wild sarsaparilla of the
United States.
Sar`sa*pa*ril"lin (?), n. See Parillin.
Sarse (?), n. [F. sas, OF. saas, LL. setatium, fr. L. seta a stiff
hair.] A fine sieve; a searce. [Obs.]