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SMILAX ROTUNDIFOLIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Smilax rotundifolia mean?
• SMILAX ROTUNDIFOLIA (noun)
The noun SMILAX ROTUNDIFOLIA has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: SMILAX ROTUNDIFOLIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
briar; brier; bullbrier; catbrier; greenbrier; horse-brier; horse brier; Smilax rotundifolia
Hypernyms ("Smilax rotundifolia" is a kind of...):
vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)
Holonyms ("Smilax rotundifolia" is a member of...):
genus Smilax; Smilax (sometimes placed in Smilacaceae)
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