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

• Shrub that sounds happy
• Woody vine
• Liliaceous plant
• Flowering plant
• Sometimes placed in Smilacaceae

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sarsaparilla \Sar`sa*pa*ril"la\, n. [Sp. zarzaparrilla; zarza a bramble (perhaps fr. Bisc. zartzia) + parra a vine, or Parillo, a physician said to have discovered it.] (Bot.) Any plant of several tropical American species of Smilax . The bitter mucilaginous ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Smilax is a genus of about 300–350 species , found in the tropics and subtropics worldwide. In China for example about 80 are found (39 of which are endemic ), while there are 20 in North America north of Mexico . They are climbing flowering plants , many ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
type of lilaceous plant, c.1600, from Latin, from Greek smilax "blindweed," also used of the yew and a kind of evergreen oak.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any member of the ''Smilax'' genus of greenbriers.