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SMILAX ASPERA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Smilax aspera mean?
• SMILAX ASPERA (noun)
The noun SMILAX ASPERA has 1 sense:
1. creeping or climbing evergreen having spiny zigzag stems with shiny leaves and racemes of pale-green flowers; Canary Islands to southern Europe and Ethiopia and India
Familiarity information: SMILAX ASPERA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Creeping or climbing evergreen having spiny zigzag stems with shiny leaves and racemes of pale-green flowers; Canary Islands to southern Europe and Ethiopia and India
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
rough bindweed; Smilax aspera
Hypernyms ("Smilax aspera" is a kind of...):
sarsaparilla (any of various prickly climbing plants of the tropical American genus Smilax having aromatic roots and heart-shaped leaves)
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