GENUS SMILAX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Smilax mean? 

• GENUS SMILAX (noun)
  The noun GENUS SMILAX has 1 sense:

1. sometimes placed in Smilacaceae

  Familiarity information: GENUS SMILAX used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS SMILAX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sometimes placed in Smilacaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Smilax; Smilax

Hypernyms ("genus Smilax" is a kind of...):

liliid monocot genus (genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils)

Meronyms (members of "genus Smilax"):

sarsaparilla (any of various prickly climbing plants of the tropical American genus Smilax having aromatic roots and heart-shaped leaves)

briar; brier; bullbrier; catbrier; greenbrier; horse-brier; horse brier; Smilax rotundifolia (a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries)

Holonyms ("genus Smilax" is a member of...):

family Liliaceae; Liliaceae; lily family (includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae)