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smilaxenUK
smi·lax S0495000 (smī′lăks′)n.1. See catbrier.2. 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.
[Latin smīlax, bindweed, from Greek.]smilax (ˈsmaɪlæks) n1. (Plants) 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 greenbrier2. (Plants) a fragile, much branched liliaceous vine, Asparagus asparagoides, of southern Africa: cultivated by florists for its glossy bright green foliage[C17: via Latin from Greek: bindweed]smi•lax (ˈsmaɪ læks)
n. 1. any plant of the genus Smilax, of the lily family, growing in tropical and temperate zones, consisting mostly of woody-stemmed vines. 2. a delicate, twining plant, Asparagus asparagoides, of the lily family, having glossy egg-shaped leaves: cultivated by florists. [1595–1605; < Latin smīlax bindweed < Greek] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  Smilax - sometimes placed in Smilacaceae genus Smilaxliliid monocot genus - genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistilsfamily Liliaceae, Liliaceae, lily family - includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceaesarsaparilla - any of various prickly climbing plants of the tropical American genus Smilax having aromatic roots and heart-shaped leavesbullbrier, catbrier, greenbrier, horse brier, horse-brier, Smilax rotundifolia, briar, brier - a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries | | 2. |  smilax - fragile twining plant of South Africa with bright green flattened stems and glossy foliage popular as a floral decorationAsparagus asparagoidesgenus Asparagus - large genus of Old World perennial herbs with erect or spreading or climbing stems and small scalelike leaves and inconspicuous flowers; sometimes placed in family Asparagaceaevine - a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface |
smilaxenUK
smilax, common name for a florists' plant of two separate genera (Asparagus and Smilax), both of the family Liliaceae (lilylily,
common name for the Liliaceae, a plant family numbering several thousand species of as many as 300 genera, widely distributed over the earth and particularly abundant in warm temperate and tropical regions.
..... Click the link for more information. family, although some botanists recognize smilax as a separate family, the Similacaceae). The greenbriers, prickly vines often weedy in North America, belong to the same genus (Smilax) as the plants yielding sarsaparilla. Both genera are classified in the division MagnoliophytaMagnoliophyta
, division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
..... Click the link for more information. , class Liliopsida, order Liliales, family Liliaceae.Smilax a genus of plants of the family Liliaceae. (The genus is placed by some botanists in a separate family, the Smilax-aeae.) The plants are shrubs or, less frequently, herbs with twining or creeping stems and reticulately veined leaves with tendrils at their bases. The small, unisexual flowers are in umbellate axillary inflorescences. The fruits are one- to three-seeded berries. There are more than 300 species, distributed in the Mediterranean region (including the Caucasus) and in tropical, subtropical, and temperate regions of Asia and North America. The USSR has two species: S. oldhamii, which grows in the Pri-mor’e, and S. excelsa, which grows in the Caucasus and is cultivated in the Crimea as an ornamental. The roots of some species, such as S. officinalis and S. china, contain saponins and are used in medicine. REFERENCEDerev’ia i kustarniki SSSR, vol. 2. Moscow-Leningrad, 1951.SmilaxenUK
Synonyms for Smilaxnoun sometimes placed in SmilacaceaeSynonymsRelated Words- liliid monocot genus
- family Liliaceae
- Liliaceae
- lily family
- sarsaparilla
- bullbrier
- catbrier
- greenbrier
- horse brier
- horse-brier
- Smilax rotundifolia
- briar
- brier
noun fragile twining plant of South Africa with bright green flattened stems and glossy foliage popular as a floral decorationSynonymsRelated Words |