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smilaxes

smilaxes is the plural of smilax.

Meaning of smilax

Noun

smilax (plural smilaxes)

  1. Any member of the Smilax genus of greenbriers; usually vines.
    • The orchestra was bowered in palms on a little platform at the end of the room. The walls were hung with smilax.1930, Margaret Ayer Barnes, Years of Grace, Part II, Chapter I, page 132

Questions about smilaxes

What is smilaxes the plural of?
Smilaxes is the plural of smilax.

Words near smilaxes in the dictionary

  1. smilacine
  2. smilagenin
  3. smilageninoside
  4. smilanippin
  5. smilax
  6. smilaxes
  7. smilaxin
  8. smile
  9. smile a thousand smiles
  10. smile from ear to ear
  11. smile like a mule eating briars

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