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 

• SMILAX ROTUNDIFOLIA (noun)

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)