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smilax

smilax, bindweed, withwind. Persou., a girl who was transformed to smilax

smīlax, ăcis, f., = σμῖλαξ.
  • Bindweed, withwind, rough smilax: Smilax aspera, Linn.; Plin. 16, 35, 63, § 153; 24, 10, 49, § 82.—Hence Smilax personified, a maiden who was changed into this herb, Ov. M. 4, 283.—
  • II The yew-tree, Plin. 16, 10, 20, § 51. —
  • III A kind of oak, Plin. 16, 6, 8, § 19.

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