smīlax, acis, 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.
— The yew-tree, Plin. 16, 10, 20, § 51.
— A kind of oak, Plin. 16, 6, 8, § 19.