SMILAX


Meaning of SMILAX in English

n. 1 any climbing shrub of the genus Smilax, the roots of some species of which yield sarsaparilla. 2 a climbing kind of asparagus, Asparagus medeoloides, used decoratively by florists.

[ L f. Gk, = bindweed ]

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