sarsan.
/ˈsɑːsə/ = sarsaparilla n. 1. Also attributive.
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hypocistisa1425
red sanders1553
sarsaparilla1577
langue de boeuf1615
sarsa1625
zerumbet1640
Winter's cinnamon1673
cascarilla1686
Winteran bark1694
simarouba1733
hypocist1751
Oswego tea1752
yellowroot1755
calumba1789
pipsissewa1793
prince's pine1807
strychnine1819
strychnia1823
false Winter's bark1830
strychnina1838
musk root1844
sumbul root1844
chirayta1847
Cusparia1852
phytin1905
boldo1908
1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 151 You may take Sarza to open the Liuer.
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 182 These [Mangoes] and Sarsa being their usual Diet.
1849 J. H. Balfour Man. Bot. §1054 The root of various species of Smilax constitutes the Sarsaparilla or Sarza of the pharmacopœias.
1889 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Sarsa.
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