smilax
pronunciation
How to pronounce smilax in British English:
UK ['smaɪlæks]
How to pronounce smilax in American English:
US [ 'smaɪlæks]
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- Noun:
- fragile twining plant of South Africa with bright green flattened stems and glossy foliage popular as a floral decoration
Word Origin
- smilax
- type of lilaceous plant, c. 1600, from Latin, from Greek smilax "blindweed," also used of the yew and a kind of evergreen oak.
Example
- 1. To investigate the best condition of the rhizoma smilax china extraction .
- 2. Any of various prickly climbing plants of the tropical american genus smilax having aromatic roots and heart-shaped leaves .
- 3. Using scopolamine as standard sample , total alkaloid content of smilax china l and smilax glabra roxb were determined to be 0.0222 % and 0.0349 % .