- Any of several tropical American plants of the genus Smilax, having fragrant roots used as a flavoring.
- The dried roots of any of these plants.
- A sweet soft drink flavored with these roots.
- Either of two North American plants (Aralia hispida or A. nudicaulis) having umbels of small white flowers and bipinnately compound leaves.
[Spanish zarzaparrilla : zarza, bramble (from Arabic šaras , colloquial variant of širs , from šarasa, to be vicious , ultimately from šarra) + parrilla, diminutive of parra, vine.]





