(n) fragile twining plant of South Africa with bright green flattened stems and glossy foliage popular as a floral decoration, Syn.Asparagus asparagoides
(n) 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, Syn.horse-brier, Smilax rotundifolia, catbrier, brier, briar, greenbrier, horse brier
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
n. [ L., bindweed, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;. ] (Bot.) (a) A genus of perennial climbing plants, usually with a prickly woody stem; green brier, or cat brier. The rootstocks of certain species are the source of the medicine called sarsaparilla. (b) A delicate trailing plant (Myrsiphyllum asparagoides) much used for decoration. It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope. [ 1913 Webster ]
[さんきらい;サンキライ, sankirai ; sankirai] (n) (1) (uk) Smilax glabra (species of sarsaparilla); (2) (col) (See 猿捕茨) Smilax china (species of sarsaparilla) [Add to Longdo]
[どぶくりょう, dobukuryou] (n) (obsc) (See 山帰来) Smilax glabra (species of sarsaparilla, used esp. to refer to its dried rhizome, used in Chinese medicine) [Add to Longdo]
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