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smilax
smilax is a 6-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 17 · 4 senses
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- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
A delicate trailing plant (Myrsiphyllum asparagoides) much used for decoration. It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope.
- 3noun
fragile twining plant of South Africa with bright green flattened stems and glossy foliage popular as a floral decoration
- 4noun
sometimes placed in Smilacaceae
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