smilaxn.

Brit.

/ˈsmʌɪlaks/, U.S.

/ˈsmaɪˌlæks/

Etymology: < Latin smīlax (Pliny), < Greek σμῖλαξ bindweed, etc.

Botany.

1. A large genus of liliaceous plants typical of the order Smilaceæ, or a species of this genus, the tuberous rootstocks of which constitute the sarsaparilla of commerce.In earlier writers, as Morwyng (1559) and Turner (1562), smilax is used in other senses of the Latin and Greek word, after passages in Pliny or Dioscorides.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > non-British medicinal plants > [noun] > sarsaparilla and other medicinal smilax plants

arbor vine1562

sarsaparilla1577

smilax1601

Carolina China-root1673

Botany Bay tea1728

sweet tea1728

German sarsaparilla1821

rabbit root1834

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 190 Some haue said that Smilax is of 2 sorts: the one..climbing trees, & tufted in the head with clusters..of berries.

c1610 E. Fairfax Eclogues iv. xv Bay, Smilax, Myrtle..Grew there.

1671 W. Salmon Synopsis Medicinæ iii. xxii. 432 Smilax,..Bindweed; it opens the belly, dissolves hard swellings.

1710 W. King Heathen Gods & Heroes (1722) xxvii. 134 The Ivy, the Smilax, or Ropeweed,..were the Vegetables that he [Bacchus] delighted in.

1817 J. Bradbury Trav. Amer. 30 There was also an abundance of small prickly vines entwined among the bushes, of a species of smilax.

1839 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. I. 302 The Green Briar, or Round-leaved Smilax,..is common along fences.

1874 E. Coues Birds Northwest 162 The ravines overgrown with smilax and brambles.

attributive.1899 F. V. Kirby Sport E. Central Afr. xi. 124 A mass of thorny shrubs woven into an almost solid block by a growth of convolvulus creepers and of the twining smilax yam.

2. A climbing species of asparagus, Myrsiphylium asparagoides, much used for decorative purposes.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental vine > [noun] > other ornamental vines

Virginian silk1629

akebia1847

moonflower1859

smilax1870

kudzu1893

1870 Daily News 13 June The sprays of smilax, the roses and violets, bloomed from baskets in the windows.

1887 The Lady 20 Jan. 38/3 A large square of pink plush was outlined against the white damask, with a broad, graceful border of smilax.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	smilax
释义	smilaxn. Brit. /ˈsmʌɪlaks/, U.S. /ˈsmaɪˌlæks/ Etymology: < Latin smīlax (Pliny), < Greek σμῖλαξ bindweed, etc. Botany. 1. A large genus of liliaceous plants typical of the order Smilaceæ, or a species of this genus, the tuberous rootstocks of which constitute the sarsaparilla of commerce.In earlier writers, as Morwyng (1559) and Turner (1562), smilax is used in other senses of the Latin and Greek word, after passages in Pliny or Dioscorides. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > non-British medicinal plants > [noun] > sarsaparilla and other medicinal smilax plants arbor vine1562 sarsaparilla1577 smilax1601 Carolina China-root1673 Botany Bay tea1728 sweet tea1728 German sarsaparilla1821 rabbit root1834 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 190 Some haue said that Smilax is of 2 sorts: the one..climbing trees, & tufted in the head with clusters..of berries. c1610 E. Fairfax Eclogues iv. xv Bay, Smilax, Myrtle..Grew there. 1671 W. Salmon Synopsis Medicinæ iii. xxii. 432 Smilax,..Bindweed; it opens the belly, dissolves hard swellings. 1710 W. King Heathen Gods & Heroes (1722) xxvii. 134 The Ivy, the Smilax, or Ropeweed,..were the Vegetables that he [Bacchus] delighted in. 1817 J. Bradbury Trav. Amer. 30 There was also an abundance of small prickly vines entwined among the bushes, of a species of smilax. 1839 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. I. 302 The Green Briar, or Round-leaved Smilax,..is common along fences. 1874 E. Coues Birds Northwest 162 The ravines overgrown with smilax and brambles. attributive.1899 F. V. Kirby Sport E. Central Afr. xi. 124 A mass of thorny shrubs woven into an almost solid block by a growth of convolvulus creepers and of the twining smilax yam. 2. A climbing species of asparagus, Myrsiphylium asparagoides, much used for decorative purposes. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental vine > [noun] > other ornamental vines Virginian silk1629 akebia1847 moonflower1859 smilax1870 kudzu1893 1870 Daily News 13 June The sprays of smilax, the roses and violets, bloomed from baskets in the windows. 1887 The Lady 20 Jan. 38/3 A large square of pink plush was outlined against the white damask, with a broad, graceful border of smilax. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1601
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