Smilax

Word SMILAX
Character 6
Hyphenation smi lax
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Smilax"

What do we mean by smilax?

A climbing asparagus (Asparagus asparagoides) native to southern Africa, that has glossy foliage sometimes used in floral arrangements and that grows as a weed especially in Australia and New Zealand. noun

A genus of liliaceous plants, type of the tribe Smilaceæ. noun

A plant of the genus Smilax. noun

A delicate greenhouse vine from the Cape of Good Hope, best known as Myrsiphyllum aspa ragoides, now classed under Asparagus. noun

In entomology, a genus of coleopterous insects. noun

A genus of perennial climbing plants, usually with a prickly woody stem; green brier, or cat brier. The rootstocks of certain species are the source of the medicine called sarsaparilla. noun

A delicate trailing plant (Myrsiphyllum asparagoides) much used for decoration. It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope. noun

Any member of the Smilax genus of greenbriers. noun

Sometimes placed in Smilacaceae noun

Fragile twining plant of South Africa with bright green flattened stems and glossy foliage popular as a floral decoration noun

Any member of the Smilax genus of greenbriers.

An emoticon that is sent via facsimile (fax), usually a smiley face. Urban Dictionary

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The word "smilax" in example sentences

Benito went ashore, to buy, if possible, a few bales of this smilax, which is always so much in demand in the markets of the ❋ Unknown (2003)

The plant now under consideration is called, botanically, Myrsiphyllum asparagoides; by common usage it is called smilax, although not even a member of the true smilax family, some of which are natives of this country. ❋ Various (N/A)

Benito went ashore, to buy, if possible, a few bales of this smilax, which is always so much in demand in the markets of the Amazon. ❋ Jules Verne (1866)

(not the so-called smilax of florists), _Rubus laciniatus, _ dewberries, and also others that usually are not classed as vines. ❋ Unknown (1906)

In addition, banana trees were placed around the room, and spheres of moss were suspended from the ceiling, dripping with smilax vines, purple orchids, and—of course—more monstera leaves. ❋ David Tutera (2011)

We ate deep-pit-roasted elk, smoked turkey, smilax bread seasoned with juniper and bee weed, nut-bread patties, and blackberry cakes. ❋ W. Michael Gear (2011)

She should have given me a look that would have roasted smilax bread. ❋ W. Michael Gear (2011)

The ceremony took place in the East Room, in front of one of the windows which was draped with cloth of gold rimmed with curtains, the whole being ornamented with ropes of smilax and Easter lilies. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Other plants found commonly within the reserve include Spanish moss, resurrection fern, prickly pear, saw palmetto, sabal palmetto, yaupon holly, red cedar, smilax and sweet grass. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The jangada also took fifty hundredweight of sarsaparilla, a smilax which forms an important branch of foreign trade throughout the ❋ Unknown (2003)

The ceiling was covered in wild smilax dendrobium orchids, and the tables were bedecked with 10,000 white roses. ❋ Unknown (2001)

Long graceful ropes of ivy and grapevine and smilax were hung everywhere, in looping festoons on the walls, draped above the windows, twined in scallops all over the brightly colored cheesecloth booths. ❋ Margaret Mitchell (1996)

[Hey yo], did you [get that] [smilax] I sent you yesterday? ❋ GDawgOSU (2011)

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