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."