Woody vine

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

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Smilax \Smi"lax\, n. [L., bindweed, Gr. ???.] (Bot.) 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. A delicate trailing ...

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 ...

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

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.