smilax
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
smilax /ˈsmʌɪlaks/
▶noun
- 1 a climbing shrub with hooks and tendrils, several South American species of which yield sarsaparilla from their roots. [Genus Smilax.]
- 2 a climbing asparagus with decorative foliage. [Asparagus asparagoides.]
– origin C16: via L. from Gk, lit. ‘bindweed’.
'smilax' also found in these Oxford entries:
