sarsaparilla

2 9.5

A sweet fizzy drink flavored with a plant root, like old root beer

: sarsaparilla

Examples

Is that a sarsaparilla with ice?

Reds (1981)
No, just stopping by to have a sarsaparilla.

Hoodwinked! (2005)
You guys sure like your sarsaparilla in this town.

Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
Get your cold beer and your sarsaparilla for all the kids, right here!

Hang 'em High (1968)
Yeah, sarsaparilla and hot dogs all round.

I Give It a Year (2013)
Gosh, that sure is different than the sarsaparilla we have back home.

Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
Say, friend, you got any more of that good sarsaparilla?

The Big Lebowski (1998)
May I have another sarsaparilla?

My Name Is Bruce (2007)
I'm sorry we are all out of sarsaparilla and chocolate drops.

Laughing Sinners (1931)
Get your ice-cold sarsaparilla.

Nope (2022)

9.9

A rough herb from eastern and central North America with black berries and bark used for medicine

9.6

A common plant with fragrant roots used instead of sarsaparilla

sarsaparilla root

9.1

The dried part of a plant used to flavor drinks and herbal medicines

8.8

A North American wild plant with sweet-smelling roots used for drinks and medicine

sarsaparilla singular

sarsaparillas plural

Sarsaparilla as a drink is named after the plant: people used the plant's root to flavor old fizzy drinks, so the soda took the plant's name.