smilax

IPA: smˈaɪɫæks

Examples of "smilax" in Sentences

She should have given me a look that would have roasted smilax bread.
Benito went ashore, to buy, if possible, a few bales of this smilax, which is always so much in demand in the markets of the
(not the so-called smilax of florists), _Rubus laciniatus, _ dewberries, and also others that usually are not classed as vines.
Benito went ashore, to buy, if possible, a few bales of this smilax, which is always so much in demand in the markets of the Amazon.
We ate deep-pit-roasted elk, smoked turkey, smilax bread seasoned with juniper and bee weed, nut-bread patties, and blackberry cakes.
In addition, banana trees were placed around the room, and spheres of moss were suspended from the ceiling, dripping with smilax vines, purple orchids, and—of course—more monstera leaves.
The ceremony took place in the East Room, in front of one of the windows which was draped with cloth of gold rimmed with curtains, the whole being ornamented with ropes of smilax and Easter lilies.
The plant now under consideration is called, botanically, Myrsiphyllum asparagoides; by common usage it is called smilax, although not even a member of the true smilax family, some of which are natives of this country.