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

Definitions

1. noun. 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.
2. noun. A delicate trailing plant (Myrsiphyllum asparagoides) much used for decoration. It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope.
3. noun. fragile twining plant of South Africa with bright green flattened stems and glossy foliage popular as a floral decoration
4. noun. sometimes placed in Smilacaceae

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in smilax:

laxism

Common word forms

smilaxes

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