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Definition of Smilaxes
1. smilax [n] - See also: smilax
Lexicographical Neighbors of Smilaxes
Literary usage of Smilaxes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Minnesota Plant Life by Conway MacMillan (1899)
"Among the lilies may be included also the green briars or smilaxes, ... Some of
the smilaxes are very bristly with prickles upon the stems or edges of the ..."
2. Reports of the Survey (1899)
"Among the lilies may be included also the green briars or smilaxes, ... Some of
the smilaxes are very bristly with prickles upon the stems or edges of the ..."
3. The Birds of America by John James] [Audubon (1843)
"... were overgrown with low trees and bushes matted together by thousands of
smilaxes and other creeping plants, supported by various species of cactus. ..."
4. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"A sin- nie species of noble, half-hardy evergreen climber. «1- ed to the smilaxes.
Lvs. alternate, lance-ovate or cor ..."
5. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1902)
"Two rare smilaxes of southern New Jersey, which may be sought in vain in summer,
are sometimes disclosed to the view of ramblers in the snow. ..."
6. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1902)
"Two rare smilaxes of southern New Jersey, which may be sought in vain in summer,
are sometimes disclosed to the view of ramblers in the snow. ..."
7. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1900)
"The true smilaxes are vines, with woody or herbaceous, often prickly stems.
They have broad leaves which are an exception to the usual order of things in ..."
8. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1921)
"Of these groups the Trilliums and smilaxes are usually retained in the Liliaceae
but there is more reason for separating the others, and in any event, ..."
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