smilax in English

noun
1
a widely distributed climbing shrub with hooks and tendrils. Several South American species yield sarsaparilla from their roots, and some are cultivated as ornamentals.
Best live greens to use are cypress, assorted evergreens and variegated holly, rosemary, smilax , white pine, common boxwood, fresh moss, and Little Gem’ miniature magnolia.
2
a climbing asparagus, the decorative foliage of which is used by florists.

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1. Red-Berried Swamp Smilax; Walter's Greenbrier; Previously known as: Smilax china; Phonetic Spelling SMIL-aks WAL-ter-ee Description

2. On their own, Smilax plants will grow as shrubs, forming dense impenetrable thickets.

3. Brierroot definition is - the root of various plants (such as Erica arborea of southern Europe or members of the genera Rhododendron and Smilax of the U.S.) used in the manufacture of tobacco pipes; especially : the burl of the brier used in the manufacture of briars.

4. Following the priests and priestesses who trailed behind an enormous statue of Dionysos were "Macedonian Bacchants, the so-called 'Mimallones,' and 'Bassarae' and 'Lydian women,' with hair streaming down and crowned with wreaths, some of snakes, others of smilax and vine-leaves and ivy; in their hands some held daggers, others snakes."