smilax
any plant belonging to the genus Smilax, of the lily family, growing in tropical and temperate zones, consisting mostly of vines having woody stems.
a delicate, twining plant, Asparagus asparagoides, of the lily family, having glossy, bright-green, egg-shaped leaves, cultivated by florists.
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How to use smilax in a sentence
This insect is larger than P. smilax, but resembles it extremely in its upper side.
One was made of smilax and pink roses; the other a small wreath of evergreens with a silver bell fastened to it.
The Automobile Girls in the Berkshires | Laura Dent CraneTheir hats were adorned with trailing wreaths of smilax, and about their shoulders were garlands of carnations.
The Honorable Percival | Alice Hegan RiceThe altar was a mass of bridal roses under an immense trellis of trailing smilax.
What Will People Say? | Rupert HughesOff in one of the corners, have a cut-glass bowl filled with punch and around it a ring of smilax.
Suppers | Paul Pierce
British Dictionary definitions for smilax
/ (ˈsmaɪlæks) /
any typically climbing shrub of the smilacaceous genus Smilax, of warm and tropical regions, having slightly lobed leaves, small greenish or yellow flowers, and berry-like fruits: includes the sarsaparilla plant and greenbrier
a fragile, much branched liliaceous vine, Asparagus asparagoides, of southern Africa: cultivated by florists for its glossy bright green foliage
Origin of smilax
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