SMILAX ASPERA

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Meaning:

Creeping or climbing evergreen having spiny zigzag stems with shiny leaves and racemes of pale-green flowers; Canary Islands to southern Europe and Ethiopia and India

Synonyms:

rough bindweed; Smilax aspera

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Smilax aspera" is a kind of...):

sarsaparilla (any of various prickly climbing plants of the tropical American genus Smilax having aromatic roots and heart-shaped leaves)

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