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  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the family Smilacaceae — the greenbriers.

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Examples

  • "Smilax," gave a pleasant odour to every meeting-house or church or public hall where the people gathered.

    The World for Sale, Volume 2. Gilbert Parker 1897

  • "Smilax," gave a pleasant odour to every meeting-house or church or public hall where the people gathered.

    The World for Sale, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897

  • "Smilax," gave a pleasant odour to every meeting-house or church or public hall where the people gathered.

    The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

  • Sites sampled in the past included the following plentiful or notable species: at 250 m, Garcinia intermedia, Pouteria sp. and Schizolobium parahybum; at 450 m, Ardisia tigrina, Pharus cornutus (rare), Smilax subpubescens and Ternstroemia tepezapote; at 600 m, Lobelia and Welfia sp. and Satyria warscewiczii.

    Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve, Honduras 2008

  • The ground flora consists of grasses such as Digitaria diagonalis, Loudetia simplex, and Themeda triandra, dicotyledonous herbs, ferns (particularly brackenfern Pellaea spp.) and creepers such as Smilax kraussiana.

    Eastern Zimbabwe montane forest-grassland mosaic 2008

  • Lianas are also present, including Clematis cirrhosa, C. flammula, Smilax aspera, Tamus communis, Rubia peregrina, and Bryonia dioica.

    Iberian sclerophyllous and semi-deciduous forests 2008

  • The middle and lower layers include representatives of the Amaryllidaceae, sedges, and large ferns Angiopteris and Marattia, as well as climbers such as Freycinetia, Gnetum, Mucuna, Bauhinia, Piper, and Smilax.

    Seram rain forests 2008

  • Associated lianas are Clematis cirrhosa, C. flammula, Smilax aspera, Tamus communis, Rubia peregrina, and Bryonia dioica.

    Southwest Iberian Mediterranean sclerophyllous and mixed forests 2008

  • The mountain is dominated by a woodland of wild olive Olea europea and fairly dense maquis of lentisc Pistacia lentiscus with Phillyrea angustifolia and Smilax aspera, also by open maquis with Euphorbia dendroides co-dominant on south-eastern slopes, and Juniperus phoenicea on northern slopes.

    Ichkeul National Park, Tunisia 2008

  • Butea superba, Bauhinia vahlii, and Smilax macrophylla.

    North Western Ghats moist deciduous forests 2008

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